Updated
PERM jobs in San Antonio, TX
- Decisions
- 3,235
- Approved
- 95.5%
- Median certified wage
- $65,873
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 365 | 13 | 42 |
| FY2017 | 208 | 16 | 14 |
| FY2018 | 211 | 18 | 5 |
| FY2019 | 187 | 6 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 129 | 16 | 6 |
| FY2021 | 126 | 12 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 124 | 8 | 8 |
| FY2023 | 148 | 15 | 5 |
| FY2024 | 148 | 5 | 21 |
| FY2025 | 1,075 | 19 | 16 |
| FY2026 | 243 | 11 | 7 |
Top sponsors
- MERIT LOGISTICS 741
- Rackspace US, Inc. 179
- United Services Automobile Association 124
- Yash & Lujan Consulting, Inc. 74
- MUY PIZZA TEJAS LLC 61
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 60
- Valero Energy Corporation 60
- Thesa Restaurants Corp. 52
- USAA Federal Savings Bank 47
- Beldon Roofing & Remodeling Co. 46
Top occupations
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 759
- Software Developers, Applications 261
- Software Developers 186
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 167
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 108
- Computer Occupations, All Other 66
- Civil Engineers 65
- Software Developers, Systems Software 57
- Cooks, Restaurant 55
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 53
Industries
- Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 768
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 182
- Food Services and Drinking Places 180
- Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers 114
- Computer Systems Design Services 106
- Petroleum Refineries 105
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 84
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 69
- Roofing Contractors 56
- Engineering Services 56
Countries of citizenship
- India 726
- Mexico 301
- South Korea 179
- China 83
- Pakistan 65
- Canada 50
- Brazil 38
- Philippines 37
- Iran 36
- Vietnam 35
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 580
- Master's 532
- None 410
- Other 169
- Doctorate 62
- High School 58
- Associate's 16
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,004
- NOT IN USA 212
- TN 141
- F-1 120
- L-1 59
- E-2 52
- B-2 21
- J-1 8
- H-2B 8
- F-2 7
H-1B in San Antonio, TX
16,368 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 15,549 (95%). 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
- HCL AMERICA INC 698
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 607
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 351
- United Services Automobile Association 243
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 176
- IBM Corporation 132
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 98
- The University of Texas at San Antonio 88
- KFORCE INC. 83
- UST Global Inc 78
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 1,697
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1,013
- Computer Programmers 454
- Computer Systems Analysts 347
- Data Scientists 281
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 265
- Database Administrators 222
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 113
- Civil Engineers 110
- Operations Research Analysts 81
Where San Antonio, TX sits
- Counties
- Bexar, Comal and Medina counties
- Census places San Antonio city in all three
- Metro area
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
94.7 is BEA's price level for the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 94.6. A salary here buys about 106% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand759 PERM decisions
- Software Developers186 PERM decisions
- Civil Engineers65 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant55 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts53 PERM decisions
Each row has its own scale, marked at its ends: these jobs pay too differently to share one. The table compares them.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | $37,470 | $30,118 | $34,507 | $38,896 | $43,285 |
| Software Developers | $128,430 | $89,877 | $109,886 | $129,875 | $149,885 |
| Civil Engineers | $88,290 | $66,352 | $81,182 | $96,034 | $110,864 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $34,860 | $25,917 | $29,432 | $32,947 | $36,462 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $100,840 | $72,301 | $89,752 | $107,182 | $124,634 |
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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