Updated
PERM jobs in Torrance, CA
- Decisions
- 1,520
- Approved
- 95.1%
- Median certified wage
- $65,531
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 205 | 8 | 6 |
| FY2017 | 108 | 13 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 153 | 9 | 7 |
| FY2019 | 126 | 8 | 6 |
| FY2020 | 151 | 8 | 12 |
| FY2021 | 129 | 3 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 78 | 10 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 70 | 5 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 94 | 4 | 9 |
| FY2025 | 148 | 1 | 9 |
| FY2026 | 112 | 2 | 6 |
Top sponsors
- FH HF Torrance 1 LLC 84
- Delta Computer Consulting 46
- CANOO INC 45
- Numentica LLC 40
- Canoo Technologies Inc. 34
- CREDIT CARD SERVICES INC 32
- CANOO TECHNOLOGIES INC. FKA CANOO INC. 23
- HOTTA LIESENBERG SAITO LLP 23
- Vermont Healthcare Center LLC 22
- Heritage Rehabilitation Center 20
Top occupations
- Nursing Assistants 121
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 114
- Mechanical Engineers 108
- Software Developers, Applications 108
- Accountants and Auditors 101
- Computer Systems Analysts 32
- Management Analysts 29
- Software Developers 28
- Marketing Managers 27
- Computer Occupations, All Other 27
Industries
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 157
- Custom Computer Programming Services 102
- Automobile Manufacturing 76
- Other Computer Related Services 60
- Offices of Certified Public Accountants 58
- Engineering Services 44
- Freight Transportation Arrangement 42
- Automobile and Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 34
- Business Service Centers 30
- Computer Systems Design Services 27
Countries of citizenship
- Japan 302
- South Korea 228
- India 214
- Philippines 126
- China 88
- Taiwan 35
- Canada 34
- Mexico 33
- Australia 15
- Germany 9
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 522
- Master's 319
- High School 179
- None 102
- Associate's 36
- Other 30
- Doctorate 19
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 435
- F-1 216
- NOT IN USA 136
- E-2 70
- E-1 44
- J-1 26
- E-3 22
- L-1 20
- TN 20
- B-2 15
H-1B in Torrance, CA
2,964 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 2,816 (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
- Software Developers 194
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 149
- Mechanical Engineers 66
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 60
- Electrical Engineers 55
- Accountants and Auditors 52
- Computer Systems Analysts 47
- Computer Programmers 45
- Data Scientists 33
- Search Marketing Strategists 30
Where Torrance, CA sits
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Census places Torrance city in it
- Metro area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
113.6 is BEA's price level for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 170.4. A salary here buys about 88% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists114 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers108 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors101 PERM decisions
- Management Analysts29 PERM decisions
- Software Developers28 PERM decisions
- Marketing Managers27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists | $82,990 | $55,370 | $75,546 | $95,722 | $115,898 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $123,900 | $82,618 | $103,168 | $123,739 | $144,290 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $94,360 | $64,314 | $81,931 | $99,570 | $117,187 |
| Management Analysts | $104,930 | $68,515 | $94,973 | $121,430 | $147,888 |
| Software Developers | $160,920 | $106,787 | $134,202 | $161,637 | $189,051 |
| Marketing Managers | $171,900 | $110,822 | $151,902 | $192,982 | $234,062 |
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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