Updated
PERM jobs in Redmond, WA
- Decisions
- 26,702
- Approved
- 98.7%
- Median certified wage
- $130,000
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and FY2024 on from its current ones. The newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 3,267 | 16 | 65 |
| FY2017 | 1,913 | 90 | 55 |
| FY2018 | 2,302 | 83 | 49 |
| FY2019 | 1,301 | 45 | 45 |
| FY2020 | 2,212 | 12 | 55 |
| FY2021 | 4,136 | 10 | 146 |
| FY2022 | 2,274 | 9 | 97 |
| FY2023 | 2,119 | 13 | 146 |
| FY2024 | 1,462 | 33 | 272 |
| FY2025 | 2,693 | 9 | 200 |
| FY2026 | 1,470 | 9 | 94 |
Top sponsors
- Microsoft Corporation 24,318
- HCL America, Inc. 587
- Quadrant Resource LLC 251
- Lenora Systems 160
- FACEBOOK, INC. 104
- NVIDIA Corporation 97
- MyAppsHub LLC 97
- MAQ LLC 59
- ZEN3 INFOSOLUTIONS AMERICA INC 59
- Meta Platforms, Inc. 52
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 15,122
- Software Developers 4,269
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 1,062
- Statisticians 721
- Software Developers, Systems Software 662
- Computer Occupations, All Other 562
- Project Management Specialists 477
- Data Scientists 419
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 325
- Computer Hardware Engineers 274
Industries
- Software Publishers (NAICS 51121) 15,905
- Software Publishers (NAICS 511210) 4,432
- Software Publishers (NAICS 513210) 3,891
- Custom Computer Programming Services 908
- Other Computer Related Services 592
- Computer Systems Design Services 118
- Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals 88
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 76
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 69
- Software Publishers (NAICS 51321) 52
Countries of citizenship
- India 11,770
- China 4,163
- Canada 1,534
- Mexico 604
- Australia 225
- Brazil 216
- Taiwan 206
- Russia 196
- South Korea 193
- United Kingdom 176
Worker's education
- Master's 12,271
- Bachelor's 8,174
- Doctorate 800
- None 404
- Other 227
- Associate's 24
- High School 5
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 12,806
- L-1 3,595
- F-1 2,733
- TN 1,599
- H-4 220
- E-3 181
- NOT IN USA 168
- L-2 167
- O-1 53
- H-1B1 28
H-1B in Redmond, WA
50,535 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 49,794 (99%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 12,229
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 2,300
- Data Scientists 1,952
- Computer Systems Analysts 679
- Search Marketing Strategists 312
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 229
- Electrical Engineers 183
- Management Analysts 174
- Manufacturing Engineers 159
- Computer Programmers 154
Where Redmond, WA sits
- County
- King County
- Census places Redmond city in it
- Metro area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
111.1 is BEA's price level for the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 151.3. A salary here buys about 90% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers4,269 PERM decisions
- Statisticians721 PERM decisions
- Project Management Specialists477 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists419 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts325 PERM decisions
- Computer Hardware Engineers274 PERM decisions
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $167,280 | $111,613 | $143,104 | $174,595 | $206,086 |
| Statisticians | $105,650 | $90,605 | $102,003 | $113,422 | $124,821 |
| Project Management Specialists | $130,380 | $83,325 | $108,326 | $133,349 | $158,350 |
| Data Scientists | $164,740 | $93,912 | $127,026 | $160,118 | $193,232 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $133,690 | $86,715 | $110,427 | $134,160 | $157,872 |
| Computer Hardware Engineers | $169,120 | $121,576 | $151,050 | $180,523 | $209,997 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled, and a city counts as one place per state.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026 · LCA disclosures through Jun 30, 2026 · Census places and metros through Jan 1, 2026 · BLS market pay through May 31, 2025 · DOL wage tables through Jul 1, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Census places and metros: Census Bureau Gazetteer and metro delineation files (census.gov) · data through Jan 1, 2026 · yearly
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Census places and metros: Where each worksite city sits: its county, metro area and DOL wage area, matched to Census's place and county files. A city Census lists in no single place is left unmatched. This site doesn't guess it.
BLS market pay: Pay employers report for everyone in each job, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). It's shown nationally, by state and by metro. It covers citizens and immigrants alike, and it isn't drawn from PERM offers.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. They're the floors an offer is held to. They don't show what anyone was paid.
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