PERM jobs in San Jose, CA
- Decisions
- 24,665
- Approved
- 98.5%
- Median certified wage
- $139,844
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 2,674 | 39 | 82 |
| FY2017 | 1,830 | 35 | 46 |
| FY2018 | 2,264 | 34 | 65 |
| FY2019 | 2,666 | 33 | 58 |
| FY2020 | 2,015 | 34 | 84 |
| FY2021 | 1,946 | 33 | 47 |
| FY2022 | 2,137 | 18 | 88 |
| FY2023 | 1,835 | 45 | 104 |
| FY2024 | 1,470 | 54 | 113 |
| FY2025 | 2,155 | 11 | 222 |
| FY2026 | 2,315 | 22 | 91 |
Top sponsors
- Cisco Systems, Inc. 3,841
- PayPal, Inc. 1,848
- eBay Inc. 1,538
- Adobe Inc. 1,187
- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 627
- GLOBALLOGIC INC. 587
- Intel Corporation 569
- Nutanix, Inc. 553
- ByteDance Inc. 458
- Xilinx, Inc. 443
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 5,244
- Software Developers, Applications 3,479
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 2,735
- Software Developers 2,423
- Computer Systems Analysts 1,095
- Computer Occupations, All Other 910
- Sales Engineers 628
- Accountants and Auditors 572
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 479
- Data Scientists 400
Industries
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 4,500
- Computer Systems Design Services 2,464
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 2,023
- Custom Computer Programming Services 1,928
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 1,912
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 1,280
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 899
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 712
- Computer Storage Device Manufacturing 635
- Software Publishers 589
Countries of citizenship
- India 13,312
- China 2,801
- Taiwan 547
- Canada 374
- South Korea 330
- Ukraine 257
- Philippines 256
- Russia 123
- Vietnam 98
- United Kingdom 90
Worker's education
- Master's 12,475
- Bachelor's 5,730
- Doctorate 733
- None 269
- Other 171
- High School 162
- Associate's 37
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 15,709
- L-1 2,210
- F-1 696
- TN 114
- NOT IN USA 102
- E-2 89
- H-4 87
- O-1 60
- L-2 32
- B-2 25
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.