PERM jobs in Santa Monica, CA
- Decisions
- 1,982
- Approved
- 97.3%
- Median certified wage
- $125,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 167 | 12 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 145 | 3 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 184 | 7 | 4 |
| FY2019 | 230 | 6 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 170 | 6 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 180 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 225 | 4 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 114 | 4 | 8 |
| FY2024 | 153 | 5 | 11 |
| FY2025 | 148 | 0 | 8 |
| FY2026 | 154 | 2 | 5 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 451
- Software Developers, Systems Software 225
- Computer Occupations, All Other 125
- Software Developers 110
- Multimedia Artists and Animators 82
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 71
- Statisticians 56
- Financial Analysts 51
- Marketing Managers 50
- Accountants and Auditors 47
Industries
- Software Publishers 377
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 191
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 118
- Motion Picture and Video Industries 114
- Custom Computer Programming Services 95
- Software Publishers 76
- Software Publishers 57
- Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals 49
- Other Computer Related Services 41
- Diet and Weight Reducing Centers 36
Countries of citizenship
- India 572
- China 340
- Canada 96
- Ukraine 61
- South Korea 50
- United Kingdom 48
- France 36
- Mexico 32
- Taiwan 31
- Russia 28
Worker's education
- Master's 903
- Bachelor's 502
- None 84
- Other 45
- Doctorate 45
- High School 19
- Associate's 11
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,079
- L-1 114
- F-1 100
- TN 44
- O-1 34
- NOT IN USA 25
- E-2 20
- E-3 18
- J-1 17
- B-2 14
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.