PERM jobs in San Francisco, CA
- Decisions
- 33,568
- Approved
- 98.4%
- Median certified wage
- $147,100
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 2,957 | 55 | 114 |
| FY2017 | 2,534 | 41 | 70 |
| FY2018 | 3,307 | 40 | 84 |
| FY2019 | 2,913 | 64 | 67 |
| FY2020 | 2,682 | 47 | 97 |
| FY2021 | 3,283 | 44 | 92 |
| FY2022 | 3,065 | 59 | 168 |
| FY2023 | 2,968 | 47 | 193 |
| FY2024 | 2,279 | 45 | 203 |
| FY2025 | 3,558 | 26 | 202 |
| FY2026 | 2,059 | 61 | 144 |
Top sponsors
- SALESFORCE.COM 1,932
- Uber Technologies, Inc. 1,868
- Salesforce, Inc. 1,025
- Airbnb, Inc. 848
- GOOGLE LLC 712
- DoorDash, Inc. 703
- TWITTER, INC. 667
- Pinterest, Inc. 551
- LYFT, INC. 509
- Databricks, Inc. 478
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 7,785
- Software Developers, Systems Software 5,027
- Software Developers 3,070
- Computer Systems Analysts 1,632
- Statisticians 1,470
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,469
- Computer Occupations, All Other 1,450
- Accountants and Auditors 768
- Data Scientists 764
- Management Analysts 714
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 10,346
- Software Publishers 2,167
- Computer Systems Design Services 1,948
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 1,309
- Other Computer Related Services 937
- Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals 911
- All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services 893
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 838
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 527
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 526
Countries of citizenship
- India 12,800
- China 5,547
- Canada 1,637
- France 580
- United Kingdom 454
- South Korea 444
- Taiwan 359
- Australia 343
- Brazil 313
- Mexico 301
Worker's education
- Master's 16,587
- Bachelor's 8,558
- Doctorate 880
- None 563
- Other 362
- High School 78
- Associate's 68
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 22,334
- L-1 1,767
- F-1 877
- TN 558
- O-1 212
- E-3 200
- NOT IN USA 169
- E-2 168
- J-1 161
- H-4 63
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.