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Occupations beginning with D
53 of the 1,410 occupations with a page here, 3.8% of them. The busiest is Data Scientists with 6,928 filings; the smallest carry 1. Every name is DOL's own spelling from the disclosure files.
All 53, alphabetically
Each number is the PERM cases DOL's current files record for that occupation.
- Dancers 15
- Dancers 2
- Data Encoder 1
- Data Entry Keyers 23
- Data Scientists 6,928
- Data Warehousing Specialists 2,350
- Database Administrators 1,302
- Database Administrators 81
- Database Architects 1,893
- Demonstrators and Product Promoters 13
- DENTAL ASSISTANT 35
- Dental Assistants 152
- Dental Clinic Billing Clerk 18
- Dental Hygienist 3
- Dental Hygienists 25
- Dental Laboratory Technicians 86
- Dental Laboratory Technicians 21
- Dentists, All Other Specialists 29
- Dentists, All Other Specialists 11
- Dentists, General 518
- Dentists, General 139
- Dermatologists 6
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 5
- Design Coordinator 156
- Designers, All Other 1
- Desktop Publishers 9
- Destination Specialist 1
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 11
- Dietetic Technicians 2
- Dietetic Technicians 1
- Dieticians and Nutritionists 5
- Dietitians and Nutritionists 53
- Digital Forensics Analysts 4
- Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 218
- Dining Room Attendant 17
- Directors, Religious Activities and Education 80
- Directors, Religious Activities and Education 11
- Disc Jockeys, Except Radio 4
- Dishwashers 352
- Dishwashers 109
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 98
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 39
- Diversity Community Outreach Coordinator 3
- Document Management Specialists 32
- Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers 3
- DoortoDoor Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers 1
- Drafters, All Other 2
- DRIVER 6
- DRIVER 5
- Driver/Sales Workers 49
- Dry Cleaning Presser 1
- Dryer Operations Tech 9
- Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 6
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Employers and firms: Derived from the disclosure corpus · data through Aug 26, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly ingest
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
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Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
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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