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Layoffs reported on PERM applications

Every PERM application asks whether the employer laid off workers in the job's occupation, in the area, in the six months before filing. DOL publishes each answer once the case is decided.

Fiscal year 2026 so far: applications DOL decided from October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, its newest published file.

Said yes

3,286

2.9% of 112,550 decided applications

Employers

113

said yes at least once, of 29,975 that answered

Certified after a yes

93%

92% after a no

Whose applications said yes

The applications that said yes in fiscal year 2026 so far, by employer.

45 of every 100

applications that reported a layoff in fiscal year 2026 so far were Microsoft Corporation's: 1,470 of 3,286.

  • Microsoft Corporation
  • Every other employer
  • Each square is 1 in 100

The 10 with the most

  1. 1 Microsoft Corporation

    87% of its 1,683 applications

    1,470

  2. 2 CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.

    99% of its 222 applications

    220

  3. 3 Oracle America, Inc.

    65% of its 335 applications

    217

  4. 4 AT&T SERVICES, INC.

    76% of its 200 applications

    151

  5. 5 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

    66% of its 158 applications

    104

  6. 6 Capgemini America, Inc.

    100% of its 98 applications

    98

  7. 7 Intel Corporation

    26% of its 333 applications

    86

  8. 8 American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.

    99% of its 84 applications

    83

  9. 9 Hexaware Technologies, Inc.

    100% of its 74 applications

    74

  10. 10 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.

    8.3% of its 762 applications

    63

Year by year

Every fiscal year DOL's files carry the answer, from 2015 on, by the year DOL decided the case. The highest share was fiscal year 2021: 8,271 applications, 7.6% of that year's.

Applications that said yes

FY2015 FY2026
  • DOL has published to June 30, 2026
Decided PERM applications that reported a layoff, by fiscal year
Period applications
FY2015 2,865
FY2016 5,521
FY2017 3,248
FY2018 5,990
FY2019 4,941
FY2020 6,023
FY2021 8,271
FY2022 5,134
FY2023 4,446
FY2024 5,776
FY2025 6,806
FY2026 3,286 so far

Share of the year's applications

FY2015 FY2026
  • DOL has published to June 30, 2026
Share of answered PERM applications that reported a layoff, by fiscal year
Period hundredths of a percent
FY2015 324
FY2016 439
FY2017 335
FY2018 501
FY2019 484
FY2020 642
FY2021 765
FY2022 491
FY2023 382
FY2024 505
FY2025 463
FY2026 292 so far

Which jobs

The occupations with the most yeses in fiscal year 2026 so far.

  1. Software Developers

    15-1252, 8.8% of 24,838 applications

    2,187

  2. Project Management Specialists

    13-1082, 6.8% of 2,755 applications

    188

  3. Computer Systems Analysts

    15-1211, 3.7% of 4,938 applications

    181

  4. Data Scientists

    15-2051, 3.3% of 4,240 applications

    138

  5. Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

    15-1253, 4.1% of 1,972 applications

    81

  6. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

    17-2072, 5.4% of 1,453 applications

    79

  7. Computer and Information Systems Managers

    11-3021, 3.6% of 1,581 applications

    57

  8. Database Architects

    15-1243, 2.7% of 1,513 applications

    41

  9. Sales Engineers

    41-9031, 7.1% of 577 applications

    41

  10. Information Security Analysts

    15-1212, 3.6% of 673 applications

    24

How the cases ended

Applications decided in fiscal year 2026 so far, by their answer. An association only: it says nothing about why one case ended as it did.

Said yes to a layoff

3,286 decided

  • Certified 93%
  • Denied 1.1%
  • Withdrawn by the employer 6.0%

Said no

109,264 decided

  • Certified 92%
  • Denied 3.5%
  • Withdrawn by the employer 4.1%

Every employer that said yes

113 employers, October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Search by name.

All 113 employers

Employers whose PERM applications decided in fiscal year 2026 reported a layoff, through 2026-06-30
Microsoft Corporation 1,470 1,683 87%
CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc. 220 222 99%
Oracle America, Inc. 217 335 65%
AT&T SERVICES, INC. 151 200 76%
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 104 158 66%
Capgemini America, Inc. 98 98 100%
Intel Corporation 86 333 26%
American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. 83 84 99%
Hexaware Technologies, Inc. 74 74 100%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 63 762 8.3%
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 58 118 49%
Fiserv Solutions, LLC 55 65 85%
State Street Bank and Trust Company 54 67 81%
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. 51 56 91%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 31 53 58%
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 30 51 59%
Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. 29 96 30%
Siemens Industry Software Inc. 28 81 35%
CitiusTech Inc. 26 93 28%
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 24 216 11%
Discover Products Inc. 24 71 34%
Humana Inc. 20 83 24%
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. 15 26 58%
Insurance Services Office, Inc. 13 50 26%
CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc. 13 30 43%

The question, as DOL asks it

Form ETA-9089, Section G, question 12.

Form ETA-9089, Section G, page 4, U.S. Department of Labor
  • A yes doesn't stop a filing. The employer must show it told the laid-off workers about the job and considered those who could do it (20 CFR 656.17(k)).
  • One person counts. A layoff is any involuntary separation without cause, in the job's occupation or a related one, in the area, within the six months before filing.
  • It's the employer's own answer. DOL prints it as filed. The layoff rule, step by step

FAQs

Does a yes mean the case is denied?
No. The rule allows the filing, but it asks more of the employer. Of the applications decided in fiscal year 2026 so far that said yes, 93% were certified, against 92% of those that said no. That's an association, and says nothing about why any one case ended as it did.
Can an employer that laid people off still file PERM?
Yes, if it had a layoff in the six months before filing, in the job's occupation or a related one and in the area of intended employment. Then it must have notified and considered the laid-off U.S. workers who could do the job, and kept the record (20 CFR 656.17(k)). A layoff is any involuntary separation without cause, one person included.
Is this the same as a WARN notice?
No. A WARN notice is a large layoff or closing reported to a state under labor law. This is the employer's own answer on each PERM application, about the job's occupation in the job's area, and it covers a layoff of one person. A company can have one without the other.
Where do these numbers come from?
DOL's PERM disclosure files, which print each decided application's answer to the layoff question as Y or N. A blank answer is counted as unanswered, never as no. Each employer's spellings count on one page.
How the figures are made

DOL's PERM disclosure files print each decided application's answer: OTHER_REQ_EMP_LAYOFF on the form in use since 2023, LAYOFF_IN_PAST_SIX_MONTHS and RI_LAYOFF_IN_PAST_SIX_MONTHS on the old one (Section I.e, item 26). A year is shown when most of its decided cases carry an answer. Shares are of the applications that answered.

Cases count in the fiscal year DOL decided them, October to September. A year DOL is still publishing runs to the last day its newest file reaches. Each employer's spellings are counted on one page. A name with no page is listed as DOL printed it, without a link.

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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