PERM by the worker's country of citizenship
PERM cases for citizens of India
- Decisions
- 488,591
- Approved
- 97.9%
- Median certified wage
- $110,745
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 16,546 | 1,629 | 590 |
| FY2009 | 11,361 | 892 | 1,172 |
| FY2010 | 28,886 | 1,848 | 1,075 |
| FY2011 | 31,226 | 2,879 | 1,345 |
| FY2012 | 30,268 | 2,965 | 1,780 |
| FY2013 | 20,917 | 2,617 | 1,653 |
| FY2014 | 35,041 | 1,653 | 1,915 |
| FY2015 | 45,594 | 1,954 | 2,118 |
| FY2016 | 65,070 | 1,426 | 1,885 |
| FY2017 | 47,942 | 1,821 | 1,453 |
| FY2018 | 56,514 | 1,371 | 1,524 |
| FY2019 | 49,882 | 1,007 | 1,079 |
| FY2020 | 44,079 | 734 | 1,324 |
| FY2021 | 52,871 | 1,067 | 1,425 |
| FY2022 | 53,730 | 821 | 2,314 |
| FY2023 | 53,412 | 896 | 2,725 |
Top sponsors
- COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPORATION 14,528
- AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 13,589
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 11,918
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 10,490
- INTEL CORPORATION 9,837
- INFOSYS LTD. 8,622
- GOOGLE LLC 6,059
- APPLE INC. 5,442
- HCL AMERICA INC. 4,533
- DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP 4,201
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 189,046
- Computer Systems Analysts 52,948
- Software Developers, Systems Software 52,453
- Computer Occupations, All Other 39,444
- Software Developers 16,807
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 14,763
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 12,209
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 8,260
- Statisticians 7,673
- Mechanical Engineers 6,545
Worksite states
- California 106,850
- Texas 69,707
- New Jersey 47,665
- Washington 35,630
- New York 33,784
- Illinois 21,281
- Massachusetts 18,344
- Michigan 18,045
- Virginia 15,722
- Georgia 15,175
Worksite cities
- New York, NY 26,595
- Seattle, WA 19,320
- College Station, TX 14,171
- San Jose, CA 13,312
- San Francisco, CA 12,800
- Redmond, WA 11,770
- Santa Clara, CA 10,667
- Plano, TX 9,648
- Chicago, IL 9,449
- Sunnyvale, CA 9,214
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 148,460
- Computer Systems Design Services 43,555
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 21,786
- Other Computer Related Services 16,000
- Software Publishers 12,789
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 12,253
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 11,344
- Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 11,223
- Software Publishers 9,870
- Engineering Services 7,606
Worker's education
- Master's 273,356
- Bachelor's 194,317
- Other 11,751
- Doctorate 5,521
- None 2,660
- Associate's 685
- High School 298
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 439,238
- L-1 17,396
- F-1 13,478
- NOT IN USA 4,104
- H-4 2,726
- PAROLEE 620
- L-2 584
- O-1 220
- B-2 198
- H-1B1 179
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.