Updated
PERM in All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
NAICS 541990
- Decisions
- 3,981
- Approved
- 96.5%
- Median certified wage
- $106,236
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 441 | 10 | 19 |
| FY2017 | 372 | 16 | 17 |
| FY2018 | 509 | 16 | 18 |
| FY2019 | 368 | 15 | 13 |
| FY2020 | 359 | 26 | 25 |
| FY2021 | 375 | 10 | 9 |
| FY2022 | 280 | 6 | 16 |
| FY2023 | 239 | 18 | 28 |
| FY2024 | 308 | 10 | 12 |
| FY2025 | 243 | 2 | 11 |
| FY2026 | 179 | 5 | 6 |
Top sponsors
- Credit Karma LLC 322
- AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 155
- NOBLESOFT SOLUTIONS INC 102
- VAStek Inc. 98
- STANDAV CORP 95
- OneMain General Services Corporation 85
- TSMC Technology, Inc. 80
- MITCHELLMARTIN INC 64
- UiPath, Inc. 55
- LATENTVIEW ANALYTICS CORPORATION 55
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 902
- Computer Systems Analysts 320
- Software Developers, Systems Software 238
- Computer Occupations, All Other 191
- Software Developers 185
- Statisticians 178
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 105
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 104
- Industrial Engineers 87
- Sales Engineers 74
Worksite states
- California 1,103
- Texas 543
- New York 371
- Florida 240
- New Jersey 193
- Virginia 185
- Massachusetts 162
- Pennsylvania 154
- Georgia 143
- North Carolina 129
Worksite cities
- New York, NY 318
- San Francisco, CA 285
- Houston, TX 173
- San Jose, CA 147
- Charlotte, NC 109
- San Diego, CA 109
- Oakland, CA 108
- Langhorne, PA 102
- Cambridge, MA 94
- Irving, TX 84
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,935
- China 333
- South Korea 118
- Canada 112
- Venezuela 92
- Taiwan 86
- Mexico 77
- Nepal 68
- Pakistan 56
- United Kingdom 49
Worker's education
- Master's 1,885
- Bachelor's 1,247
- None 128
- Doctorate 85
- High School 79
- Associate's 42
- Other 39
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 2,349
- F-1 218
- L-1 185
- TN 88
- B-2 58
- E-2 56
- NOT IN USA 55
- E-3 19
- O-1 12
- J-1 12
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 through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
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