Updated
PERM jobs in San Carlos, CA
- Decisions
- 443
- Approved
- 97.4%
- Median certified wage
- $133,413
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 39 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 36 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 27 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 29 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 40 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 45 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2025 | 49 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2026 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Natera, Inc. 72
- Oportun, Inc. 62
- MARK LOGIC CORPORATION 30
- Joby Aero, Inc. 18
- SB INVESTMENT ADVISERS (US), INC. 17
- Noah Medical Corporation 16
- Farmer's Business Network, Inc. 15
- VIBRANT SCIENCES LLC 15
- LIFESTREET CORPORATION 14
- Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. 10
Top occupations
Industries
- Consumer Lending 64
- Software Publishers 45
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 54171) 39
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541711) 27
- Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) 22
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541712) 22
- Custom Computer Programming Services 21
- Miscellaneous Intermediation 20
- Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 15
- Computer Systems Design Services 13
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 219
- Bachelor's 85
- Doctorate 19
- High School 5
- None 4
- Other 2
- Associate's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 274
- F-1 15
- L-1 13
- TN 6
- O-1 5
- NOT IN USA 3
- J-1 3
- H-4 2
- E-3 2
- TPS 2
H-1B in San Carlos, CA
1,267 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,187 (94%). 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 79
- Mechanical Engineers 48
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 29
- Manufacturing Engineers 27
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 26
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 21
- Data Scientists 16
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 16
- Mechatronics Engineers 14
- Statisticians 14
Where San Carlos, CA sits
- County
- San Mateo County
- Census places San Carlos city in it
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
115.6 is BEA's price level for the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 194.7. A salary here buys about 86% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers23 PERM decisions
- Statisticians22 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers14 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers13 PERM decisions
- Financial Analysts13 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists13 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 | $186,640 | $137,093 | $165,131 | $193,149 | $221,187 |
| Statisticians | — | $81,869 | $111,176 | $140,483 | $169,790 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $161,370 | $110,510 | $134,493 | $158,454 | $182,437 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $232,890 | $167,565 | $208,104 | $248,643 | $289,182 |
| Financial Analysts | $130,520 | $85,800 | $114,046 | $142,272 | $170,518 |
| Data Scientists | $170,110 | $110,386 | $142,438 | $174,512 | $206,565 |
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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