PERM in Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
NAICS 541715
- Decisions
- 487
- Approved
- 98.6%
- Median certified wage
- $115,211
- Years
- FY2024 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 21 | 0 | 16 |
| FY2025 | 228 | 1 | 22 |
| FY2026 | 175 | 5 | 19 |
Top sponsors
- Aptiv Corporation 77
- PPD Development, L.P. 20
- Medpace, Inc. 19
- Applied Intuition, Inc. 17
- Samsung Research America, Inc. 13
- THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY 12
- Charles River Laboratories, Inc. 11
- Aurora Operations, Inc. (fka Aurora Innovation, Inc.) 10
- Aptiv U.S. Services General Partnership 10
- Aurora Innovation, Inc. 9
Top occupations
Worksite states
- California 147
- Michigan 79
- Massachusetts 49
- Texas 30
- Ohio 26
- Pennsylvania 25
- North Carolina 20
- New York 19
- Florida 11
- Colorado 10
Worksite cities
- Troy, MI 68
- Mountain View, CA 43
- San Francisco, CA 19
- Wilmington, NC 16
- Cincinnati, OH 15
- New York, NY 14
- Fremont, CA 12
- Pittsburgh, PA 10
- Houston, TX 10
- Boston, MA 9
The industry is the NAICS code the employer entered on the form. DOL publishes the code alone; the title is the Census Bureau's, and a code Census never defined takes its parent group's title.
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.