PERM jobs in Santa Clara, CA
- Decisions
- 20,601
- Approved
- 98.1%
- Median certified wage
- $138,500
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 1,932 | 36 | 73 |
| FY2017 | 1,349 | 28 | 48 |
| FY2018 | 1,846 | 28 | 76 |
| FY2019 | 1,603 | 26 | 58 |
| FY2020 | 1,636 | 34 | 63 |
| FY2021 | 1,668 | 36 | 90 |
| FY2022 | 1,547 | 27 | 113 |
| FY2023 | 1,586 | 31 | 124 |
| FY2024 | 1,409 | 11 | 183 |
| FY2025 | 2,662 | 8 | 169 |
| FY2026 | 1,935 | 112 | 54 |
Top sponsors
- NVIDIA Corporation 3,877
- Intel Corporation 3,692
- PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. 1,140
- ServiceNow, Inc. 936
- Oracle America, Inc. 654
- Applied Materials, Inc. 631
- Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. 464
- PERSISTENT SYSTEMS, INC. 429
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 356
- Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. 290
Top occupations
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 4,862
- Software Developers, Systems Software 4,212
- Software Developers 2,337
- Software Developers, Applications 1,970
- Computer Systems Analysts 844
- Computer Occupations, All Other 622
- Computer Systems Analysts 451
- Sales Engineers 418
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 373
- Industrial Engineers 302
Industries
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 3,968
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 3,330
- Custom Computer Programming Services 3,327
- Computer Systems Design Services 1,335
- Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing 1,312
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 1,151
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 938
- Software Publishers 905
- Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 573
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 394
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 10,564
- Bachelor's 3,792
- Doctorate 842
- None 88
- Other 84
- Associate's 17
- High School 14
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 12,014
- F-1 1,502
- L-1 1,174
- TN 201
- NOT IN USA 88
- H-4 78
- E-2 55
- O-1 51
- L-2 38
- E-3 34
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.