Updated
PERM jobs in South San Francisco, CA
- Decisions
- 1,296
- Approved
- 98.1%
- Median certified wage
- $140,078
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 92 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 87 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 130 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 82 | 6 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 59 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 89 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 78 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 122 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2024 | 134 | 2 | 6 |
| FY2025 | 230 | 2 | 19 |
| FY2026 | 113 | 2 | 5 |
Top sponsors
- Genentech, Inc. 303
- Stripe, Inc. 202
- Genentech USA, Inc. 67
- Verily Life Sciences LLC 57
- AMGEN INC. 45
- ZS Associates, Inc. 38
- SUCCESSFACTORS, INC. 36
- Zipline International Inc. 28
- AbbVie Biotherapeutics 27
- LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 22
Top occupations
- Software Developers 110
- Software Developers, Applications 108
- Statisticians 104
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 98
- Bioinformatics Scientists 66
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 48
- Computer Systems Analysts 48
- Software Developers, Systems Software 43
- Natural Sciences Managers 33
- Marketing Managers 33
Industries
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541711) 287
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 199
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 541710) 147
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (NAICS 54171) 134
- Computer Systems Design Services 54
- Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) 43
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 42
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 38
- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 29
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 25
Countries of citizenship
- India 384
- China 153
- Canada 81
- Philippines 25
- Taiwan 22
- United Kingdom 19
- Russia 16
- South Korea 16
- Australia 12
- France 11
Worker's education
- Master's 469
- Bachelor's 249
- Doctorate 117
- High School 21
- Other 19
- None 15
- Associate's 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 659
- L-1 90
- F-1 38
- TN 29
- NOT IN USA 13
- O-1 9
- H-4 8
- B-2 5
- E-3 3
- J-1 3
H-1B in South San Francisco, CA
5,377 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 5,046 (94%). 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
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 281
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 264
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 181
- Data Scientists 123
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 121
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 116
- Operations Research Analysts 72
- Chemists 65
- Statisticians 51
- Manufacturing Engineers 48
Where South San Francisco, CA sits
- County
- San Mateo County
- Census places South San Francisco city in it
- Metro area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
115.6 is BEA's price level for the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 194.7. A salary here buys about 86% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers110 PERM decisions
- Statisticians104 PERM decisions
- Biochemists and Biophysicists98 PERM decisions
- Bioinformatics Scientists66 PERM decisions
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists48 PERM decisions
- Natural Sciences Managers33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $186,640 | $137,093 | $165,131 | $193,149 | $221,187 |
| Statisticians | — | $81,869 | $111,176 | $140,483 | $169,790 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | $165,050 | $114,899 | $141,648 | $168,376 | $195,125 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | $138,160 | $92,955 | $120,349 | $147,742 | $175,136 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | $160,180 | $108,909 | $133,099 | $157,310 | $181,501 |
| Natural Sciences Managers | $225,230 | $167,648 | $208,582 | $249,538 | $290,472 |
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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