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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Redwood Shores, CA

Decisions
1,732
Approved
97.8%
Median certified wage
$132,870
Years
FY2016 to FY2026

Year by year

  • certified
  • denied
  • withdrawn

Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, 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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 316 8 7
FY2017 171 15 2
FY2018 269 3 5
FY2019 140 0 4
FY2020 102 9 5
FY2021 167 1 10
FY2022 143 0 3
FY2023 109 1 1
FY2024 87 1 3
FY2025 103 0 1
FY2026 45 0 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Software Publishers 1,327
  • Software Publishers 236
  • Software Publishers 131
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 24
  • Software Publishers 3
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 3
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 3
  • Offices of Lawyers 2
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services 1
  • Telecommunications 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 1,028
  • China 301
  • Canada 30
  • Taiwan 23
  • Russia 15
  • Brazil 13
  • Mexico 12
  • Philippines 12
  • Argentina 12
  • Israel 10

Worker's education

  • Master's 877
  • Bachelor's 617
  • None 30
  • Doctorate 24
  • Other 13
  • High School 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,236
  • L-1 280
  • F-1 17
  • TN 7
  • H-4 5
  • E-3 1
  • L-2 1
  • B-2 1
  • PAROLEE 1

The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled; a city counts as one place per state.

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting is not in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases, not the queue.