PERM jobs in Seattle, WA
- Decisions
- 38,996
- Approved
- 99.4%
- Median certified wage
- $113,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 2,185 | 20 | 44 |
| FY2017 | 2,085 | 7 | 39 |
| FY2018 | 4,835 | 20 | 82 |
| FY2019 | 3,587 | 16 | 57 |
| FY2020 | 3,529 | 25 | 44 |
| FY2021 | 4,910 | 8 | 68 |
| FY2022 | 5,521 | 23 | 198 |
| FY2023 | 5,640 | 41 | 352 |
| FY2024 | 2,969 | 21 | 73 |
| FY2025 | 1,442 | 13 | 81 |
| FY2026 | 931 | 21 | 109 |
Top sponsors
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 17,131
- AMAZON CORPORATE LLC 5,023
- AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC. 2,107
- FACEBOOK, INC. 1,221
- AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC 1,138
- Oracle America, Inc. 1,060
- AMAZON FULFILLMENT SERVICES, INC. 996
- GOOGLE LLC 913
- Expedia, Inc. 525
- ZILLOW, INC. 486
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 16,979
- Software Developers, Applications 5,348
- Statisticians 2,200
- Computer Occupations, All Other 2,180
- Software Developers 2,007
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,430
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 1,114
- Computer Systems Analysts 852
- Marketing Managers 806
- Accountants and Auditors 462
Industries
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 25,099
- Custom Computer Programming Services 1,294
- Software Publishers 1,249
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 1,150
- Computer Systems Design Services 1,149
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 1,009
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 689
- Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals 542
- Other Activities Related to Real Estate 471
- Other Information Services 455
Countries of citizenship
- India 19,320
- China 9,303
- Canada 1,857
- Mexico 521
- Taiwan 469
- Australia 458
- South Korea 381
- Brazil 267
- Vietnam 192
- United Kingdom 176
Worker's education
- Master's 23,933
- Bachelor's 10,047
- Doctorate 1,321
- None 661
- Other 159
- High School 42
- Associate's 14
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 25,527
- L-1 4,371
- F-1 3,670
- TN 1,345
- E-3 391
- H-4 135
- H-1B1 93
- NOT IN USA 89
- O-1 87
- L-2 76
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.