PERM by the worker's country of citizenship
PERM cases for citizens of China
- Decisions
- 100,349
- Approved
- 97.1%
- Median certified wage
- $111,000
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2024
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. DOL printed the worker's citizenship on its old form, so the series runs FY2008 to FY2023; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry it.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2008 | 3,323 | 336 | 106 |
| FY2009 | 2,111 | 189 | 204 |
| FY2010 | 4,049 | 324 | 167 |
| FY2011 | 3,446 | 417 | 158 |
| FY2012 | 3,354 | 319 | 179 |
| FY2013 | 2,135 | 193 | 164 |
| FY2014 | 4,575 | 171 | 337 |
| FY2015 | 6,408 | 404 | 374 |
| FY2016 | 9,930 | 513 | 389 |
| FY2017 | 7,886 | 376 | 314 |
| FY2018 | 11,924 | 351 | 313 |
| FY2019 | 10,506 | 327 | 305 |
| FY2020 | 11,238 | 275 | 376 |
| FY2021 | 12,188 | 217 | 421 |
| FY2022 | 10,020 | 231 | 724 |
| FY2023 | 11,950 | 300 | 783 |
Top sponsors
- GOOGLE LLC 9,554
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 6,109
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4,387
- FACEBOOK, INC. 3,956
- APPLE INC. 1,628
- LinkedIn Corporation 1,261
- AMAZON CORPORATE LLC 1,009
- ORACLE AMERICA, INC. 962
- UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC. 906
- ERNST YOUNG U.S. LLP 803
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 23,663
- Software Developers, Systems Software 17,351
- Statisticians 8,046
- Accountants and Auditors 4,992
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 3,225
- Financial Analysts 2,752
- Software Developers 2,317
- Computer Occupations, All Other 1,778
- Computer Systems Analysts 1,712
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 1,478
Worksite states
- California 40,220
- Washington 15,211
- New York 10,466
- Texas 4,279
- Massachusetts 3,834
- Illinois 3,011
- New Jersey 2,362
- Virginia 1,757
- Michigan 1,626
- North Carolina 1,615
Worksite cities
- Seattle, WA 9,303
- New York, NY 8,651
- Mountain View, CA 8,560
- San Francisco, CA 5,547
- Redmond, WA 4,163
- Menlo Park, CA 3,302
- Sunnyvale, CA 3,037
- San Jose, CA 2,801
- Santa Clara, CA 2,270
- Chicago, IL 1,842
Industries
- Computer Systems Design Services 12,270
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 8,684
- Custom Computer Programming Services 5,763
- Software Publishers 4,137
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 3,786
- Software Publishers 3,730
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 2,777
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 2,693
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 2,332
- Poultry Processing 1,834
Worker's education
- Master's 70,288
- Doctorate 12,383
- Bachelor's 11,129
- None 5,080
- Other 841
- High School 391
- Associate's 236
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 78,276
- F-1 9,634
- L-1 3,935
- NOT IN USA 2,589
- O-1 215
- H-4 161
- B-2 146
- L-2 124
- F-2 88
- J-1 44
DOL printed the worker's citizenship, education and visa on its old form, and the last cases filed on it were decided in FY2024; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. So these pages describe FY2008 to FY2023 (years) and FY2016 to FY2024 (everything else).
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.