Updated
PERM in Medical Laboratories
NAICS 621511
- Decisions
- 1,423
- Approved
- 97.3%
- Median certified wage
- $76,710
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 80 | 6 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 71 | 6 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 70 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2019 | 45 | 7 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 42 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 77 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 87 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 236 | 2 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 173 | 3 | 13 |
| FY2025 | 256 | 1 | 13 |
| FY2026 | 182 | 0 | 12 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 649
- Software Developers, Applications 117
- Bioinformatics Scientists 47
- Software Developers 46
- Computer Occupations, All Other 45
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 37
- Statisticians 30
- Computer Systems Analysts 30
- Software Developers, Systems Software 23
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 22
Worksite states
- California 459
- Utah 271
- North Carolina 109
- Massachusetts 88
- Texas 72
- New Jersey 47
- Florida 43
- New York 33
- Illinois 32
- Kansas 30
Worksite cities
- Salt Lake City, UT 269
- San Juan Capistrano, CA 177
- Redwood City, CA 52
- Cambridge, MA 51
- Durham, NC 46
- Burlington, NC 41
- West Hills, CA 32
- Palo Alto, CA 31
- Brentwood, TN 28
- Sunnyvale, CA 25
Countries of citizenship
- India 359
- Philippines 276
- China 47
- Nepal 20
- South Korea 20
- Canada 17
- Venezuela 16
- Pakistan 13
- Mexico 13
- Taiwan 12
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 509
- Master's 314
- Doctorate 53
- Other 21
- None 11
- Associate's 6
- High School 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 764
- F-1 50
- TN 13
- B-2 12
- NOT IN USA 11
- E-2 8
- E-3 5
- O-1 3
- L-2 3
- TPS 3
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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