PERM jobs in Waltham, MA
- Decisions
- 2,156
- Approved
- 97.6%
- Median certified wage
- $110,240
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 242 | 2 | 6 |
| FY2017 | 179 | 9 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 265 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2019 | 186 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 136 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2021 | 176 | 7 | 5 |
| FY2022 | 183 | 6 | 9 |
| FY2023 | 126 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2024 | 151 | 2 | 12 |
| FY2025 | 235 | 2 | 13 |
| FY2026 | 155 | 11 | 7 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 438
- Statisticians 185
- Software Developers, Systems Software 174
- Computer Systems Analysts 151
- Software Developers 123
- Computer Occupations, All Other 113
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 55
- Sales Engineers 46
- Marketing Managers 38
- Computer Systems Analysts 36
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 480
- Software Publishers 236
- Computer Systems Design Services 83
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 69
- Management Consulting Services 64
- Kidney Dialysis Centers 61
- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 57
- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 57
- Printing 56
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 53
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 1,033
- Bachelor's 490
- Doctorate 110
- None 34
- Other 25
- High School 10
- Associate's 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,332
- L-1 229
- F-1 47
- NOT IN USA 23
- TN 19
- O-1 8
- PAROLEE 5
- J-2 5
- TPS 4
- B-2 3
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.