Updated
PERM jobs in San Mateo, CA
- Decisions
- 3,310
- Approved
- 98.2%
- Median certified wage
- $140,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 270 | 2 | 6 |
| FY2017 | 247 | 6 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 294 | 8 | 11 |
| FY2019 | 247 | 7 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 204 | 6 | 6 |
| FY2021 | 297 | 4 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 232 | 4 | 19 |
| FY2023 | 307 | 8 | 28 |
| FY2024 | 258 | 5 | 37 |
| FY2025 | 446 | 3 | 18 |
| FY2026 | 287 | 4 | 23 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 712
- Software Developers 458
- Software Developers, Systems Software 448
- Computer Occupations, All Other 177
- Computer Systems Analysts 129
- Home Health Aides 111
- Statisticians 109
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 103
- Sales Engineers 70
- Accountants and Auditors 67
Industries
- Software Publishers (NAICS 511210) 939
- Custom Computer Programming Services 473
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 188
- Consumer Lending 150
- Software Publishers (NAICS 513210) 114
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 111
- Computer Systems Design Services 92
- Marketing Consulting Services 87
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 84
- Other Computer Related Services 72
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,309
- China 469
- Philippines 127
- Canada 103
- Taiwan 43
- Japan 38
- South Korea 33
- United Kingdom 26
- France 25
- Brazil 18
Worker's education
- Master's 1,481
- Bachelor's 742
- High School 106
- Doctorate 58
- None 50
- Other 21
- Associate's 8
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,989
- L-1 97
- F-1 89
- TN 40
- NOT IN USA 23
- E-2 22
- E-3 12
- J-1 12
- O-1 8
- H-4 5
H-1B in San Mateo, CA
8,051 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 7,434 (92%). 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 1,167
- Data Scientists 233
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 159
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 124
- Accountants and Auditors 82
- Operations Research Analysts 72
- Financial and Investment Analysts 56
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 47
- Management Analysts 44
- Search Marketing Strategists 38
Where San Mateo, CA sits
- County
- San Mateo County
- Census places San Mateo 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 Developers458 PERM decisions
- Statisticians109 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers103 PERM decisions
- Sales Engineers70 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors67 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 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $232,890 | $167,565 | $208,104 | $248,643 | $289,182 |
| Sales Engineers | $151,610 | $97,032 | $125,694 | $154,378 | $183,040 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $110,730 | $78,146 | $99,362 | $120,557 | $141,773 |
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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