Updated
PERM jobs in Research Triangle Park, NC
- Decisions
- 895
- Approved
- 98.6%
- Median certified wage
- $113,533
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 122 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 80 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 97 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 97 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 59 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 90 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 76 | 0 | 10 |
| FY2026 | 99 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Cisco Systems, Inc. 674
- IBM Corporation 35
- CREDIT SUISSE SERVICES USA LLC 33
- CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES USA LLC 30
- EMC Corporation 25
- BIOGEN, INC. 11
- GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC 7
- Priority Fulfillment Services Inc. 7
- BASF CORPORATION 6
- Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc. 5
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 139
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 128
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 97
- Software Developers, Applications 79
- Software Developers 72
- Computer Network Architects 61
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 33
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 31
- Computer Occupations, All Other 28
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 19
Industries
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 676
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 35
- Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 34
- Office Administrative Services 29
- Custom Computer Programming Services 25
- Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing 16
- Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers 12
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 8
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 7
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 6
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 321
- Bachelor's 313
- Other 39
- None 18
- Doctorate 13
- High School 2
- Associate's 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 522
- L-1 154
- TN 9
- H-4 2
- PAROLEE 2
- O-1 1
- E-3 1
- B-2 1
- L-2 1
- F-1 1
H-1B in Research Triangle Park, NC
2,076 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,013 (97%). 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 136
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 108
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 54
- Computer Systems Analysts 32
- Data Scientists 29
- Operations Research Analysts 22
- Computer Network Architects 18
- Sales Engineers 16
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 15
- Computer Programmers 14
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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