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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Woburn, MA

Decisions
2,406
Approved
99.4%
Median certified wage
$115,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 324 1 11
FY2017 276 0 5
FY2018 269 5 2
FY2019 268 2 2
FY2020 212 1 2
FY2021 252 2 2
FY2022 172 2 5
FY2023 160 1 4
FY2024 138 1 2
FY2025 166 0 10
FY2026 107 0 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Custom Computer Programming Services 2,023
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services 52
  • Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 34
  • Computer Systems Design Services 32
  • Telecommunications 18
  • Engineering Services 16
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 11
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 10
  • Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 9
  • Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) 9

Countries of citizenship

  • India 1,886
  • China 59
  • Brazil 23
  • Canada 11
  • Mexico 10
  • Pakistan 9
  • Taiwan 8
  • Nepal 7
  • South Korea 7
  • Russia 6

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 1,215
  • Master's 834
  • None 19
  • Doctorate 13
  • Other 5
  • High School 5

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 2,002
  • F-1 26
  • L-1 25
  • TN 7
  • B-2 6
  • F-2 2
  • H-4 2
  • I 1
  • EWI 1
  • B-1 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.