Updated
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- withdrawn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. 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 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 (SOC 15-1121) 844
- Computer Occupations, All Other 622
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 451
- Sales Engineers 418
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 373
- Industrial Engineers 302
Industries
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (NAICS 3344) 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 (NAICS 33441) 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
H-1B in Santa Clara, CA
43,879 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 42,611 (97%). 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
- NVIDIA Corporation 3,743
- Intel Corporation 1,269
- Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1,151
- ServiceNow, Inc. 1,107
- Amazon.com Services LLC 1,031
- Applied Materials, Inc. 812
- Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. 680
- Apple Inc. 526
- Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. 523
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 476
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 6,756
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3,944
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1,211
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 679
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 579
- Data Scientists 515
- Sales Engineers 489
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 488
- Manufacturing Engineers 478
- Computer and Information Research Scientists 474
Where Santa Clara, CA sits
- County
- Santa Clara County
- Census places Santa Clara city in it
- Metro area
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
110.4 is BEA's price level for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 211.9. A salary here buys about 91% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer4,862 PERM decisions
- Software Developers2,337 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts451 PERM decisions
- Sales Engineers418 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers373 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers302 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | $194,370 | $124,405 | $155,896 | $187,408 | $218,899 |
| Software Developers | $213,110 | $152,797 | $187,075 | $221,374 | $255,653 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $157,140 | $102,960 | $129,938 | $156,894 | $183,872 |
| Sales Engineers | $177,490 | $120,994 | $150,426 | $179,878 | $209,310 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $291,660 | — | — | — | — |
| Industrial Engineers | $136,950 | $99,362 | $122,158 | $144,955 | $167,752 |
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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