PERM jobs in St. Louis, MO
- Decisions
- 2,551
- Approved
- 96.3%
- Median certified wage
- $108,056
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 173 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 125 | 11 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 193 | 22 | 4 |
| FY2019 | 180 | 6 | 3 |
| FY2020 | 123 | 1 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 220 | 4 | 17 |
| FY2022 | 200 | 11 | 10 |
| FY2023 | 213 | 8 | 9 |
| FY2024 | 263 | 10 | 18 |
| FY2025 | 417 | 5 | 13 |
| FY2026 | 259 | 8 | 9 |
Top sponsors
- Perficient, Inc. 250
- P & P Restaurants, Inc. 123
- Washington University in St. Louis 108
- Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. 100
- Equifax Inc. 99
- Evernorth Enterprise Services, Inc. 75
- Bayer U.S. LLC 70
- NESTL REGIONAL GLOBE OFFICE NORTH AMERICA, INC. 63
- Charter Communications, Inc. 59
- Securenet Systems Corporation 54
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 443
- Software Developers 296
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 216
- Computer Systems Analysts 169
- Computer Occupations, All Other 117
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 75
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 60
- Software Developers, Systems Software 58
- Accountants and Auditors 50
- Computer Systems Analysts 45
Industries
- Computer Systems Design Services 305
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 192
- Landscaping Services 132
- Health and Welfare Funds 130
- Limited-Service Restaurants 126
- Custom Computer Programming Services 104
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 88
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 85
- All Other Information Services 74
- Landscaping Services 70
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 757
- Bachelor's 577
- None 196
- Doctorate 129
- Other 105
- High School 16
- Associate's 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,318
- F-1 89
- L-1 83
- H-2B 48
- TN 24
- NOT IN USA 20
- E-2 11
- H-4 8
- F-2 7
- PAROLEE 5
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.