Updated
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- withdrawn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. 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 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
- VIRTUSA CORPORATION 1,262
- RxAdvance Corporation 78
- EMC CORPORATION 78
- VERISTAT LLC 18
- HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY 6
- HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 4
- Fusion Group, Inc. 3
- Visiant 3
- Boston Institute of Biotechnology LLC 2
- Trigent Software Inc. 2
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 423
- Computer Occupations, All Other 359
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 272
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 124
- Software Developers 47
- Software Developers, Systems Software 47
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 26
- Data Warehousing Specialists 22
- Statisticians 22
- Data Scientists 16
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
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
H-1B in Southborough, MA
619 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 588 (95%). 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
- Rehabilitation Counselors 116
- Software Developers 24
- Data Scientists 16
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 10
- Computer Systems Analysts 8
- Data Warehousing Specialists 7
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 7
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 6
- Operations Research Analysts 4
- Accountants and Auditors 3
Where Southborough, MA sits
- County
- Worcester County
- Census places Southborough town in it
- Metro area
- Worcester, MA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Worcester, MA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
102.5 is BEA's price level for the Worcester, MA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 113.0. A salary here buys about 98% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Computer Systems Analysts124 PERM decisions
- Software Developers47 PERM decisions
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers26 PERM decisions
- Data Warehousing Specialists22 PERM decisions
- Statisticians22 PERM decisions
- Data Scientists16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Systems Analysts | $119,260 | $78,562 | $98,114 | $117,645 | $137,197 |
| Software Developers | $146,950 | $101,026 | $122,574 | $144,144 | $165,693 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $107,370 | $66,165 | $87,173 | $108,160 | $129,168 |
| Data Warehousing Specialists | $150,940 | $111,238 | $129,813 | $148,387 | $166,962 |
| Statisticians | $91,210 | $72,342 | $86,861 | $101,379 | $115,898 |
| Data Scientists | $123,640 | $77,771 | $99,902 | $122,034 | $144,165 |
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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