PERM jobs in Worcester, MA
- Decisions
- 720
- Approved
- 96.5%
- Median certified wage
- $90,646
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 64 | 3 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 74 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 85 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 49 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 43 | 2 | 9 |
| FY2021 | 75 | 1 | 6 |
| FY2022 | 60 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 63 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2025 | 65 | 6 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- AVCO Consulting Inc 401
- UMass Memorial Medical Group, Inc. 32
- AbbVie Bioresearch Center 25
- UMass Memorial Medical Center, Inc. 21
- Fallon Community Health Plan, Inc. 21
- Clark University 16
- ABBVIE INC. 15
- The Hanover Insurance Company 12
- College of the Holy Cross 11
- Controlled Contamination Services 11
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 301
- Software Developers 37
- Computer Systems Analysts 20
- Computer Occupations, All Other 14
- Chemists 12
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 12
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 11
- Internists, General 10
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 10
- Statisticians 10
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 404
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 53
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 31
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 25
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 21
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 18
- Offices of Physicians 15
- Offices of Dentists 11
- Full-Service Restaurants 10
- Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers 10
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 403
- Bachelor's 78
- Doctorate 39
- Other 36
- None 23
- High School 5
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 530
- NOT IN USA 10
- F-1 10
- B-2 10
- L-1 5
- E-2 3
- H-4 2
- O-1 2
- VWT 1
- TN 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.