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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Southborough, MA

Decisions
1,492
Approved
98.5%
Median certified wage
$113,818
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 48 1 0
FY2017 26 0 2
FY2018 55 1 5
FY2019 275 8 16
FY2020 159 1 2
FY2021 133 1 2
FY2022 244 4 4
FY2023 118 1 49
FY2024 102 0 21
FY2025 100 1 13
FY2026 87 3 10

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Custom Computer Programming Services 1,321
  • Other Insurance Related Activities 67
  • Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers 17
  • Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 11
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services 9
  • Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds 7
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 7
  • Electronic Computer Manufacturing 6
  • Software Publishers 5
  • Offices of Certified Public Accountants 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 1,079
  • Sri Lanka 124
  • China 8
  • Canada 6
  • Australia 2
  • Egypt 2
  • South Korea 2
  • Nepal 2
  • Bulgaria 2
  • Mexico 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 687
  • Master's 493
  • Other 56
  • None 7
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,100
  • L-1 120
  • F-1 5
  • E-3 2
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • TN 2
  • B-2 1
  • EWI 1
  • E-2 1

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.