PERM jobs in Santa Barbara, CA
- Decisions
- 355
- Approved
- 92.4%
- Median certified wage
- $97,157
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 43 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 45 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 33 | 13 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA 76
- Sonos, Inc. 51
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 15
- Home County Pizza, Inc. 13
- Green Hills Software LLC 10
- QAD Inc. 8
- BRIGHT MARKET, LLC 7
- Impact Tech, Inc. 6
- Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories 6
- GRAPHIQ INC. 6
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 32
- Software Developers, Systems Software 19
- Software Developers 16
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 12
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 12
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 11
- Cooks, Restaurant 11
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 11
- Computer Occupations, All Other 10
- Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 10
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 85
- Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing 49
- Software Publishers 18
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 16
- Limited-Service Restaurants 13
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 13
- Custom Computer Programming Services 10
- Computer Systems Design Services 10
- Full-Service Restaurants 9
- Architectural Services 8
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 93
- Doctorate 82
- Bachelor's 69
- None 34
- High School 11
- Other 7
- Associate's 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 149
- F-1 43
- TN 17
- L-1 11
- J-1 10
- NOT IN USA 8
- EWI 7
- O-1 6
- H-4 3
- B-2 3
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.