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PERM labour certification

U.S. visa route · Department of Labor stage

Programme
PERM labour certification
Applications on record
1,769,123
FY2025
147,056
Change FY2024→FY2025
+28.4%
Certified (last three years)
96.1%
Certified96.1%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Department of Labor decisions on PERM labour certification applications by federal fiscal year (October to September).

PERM labour certification: applications by fiscal year

74k147kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
74k147kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200861,997
FY200938,247
FY201081,412
FY201173,207
FY201266,488
FY201344,152
FY201470,998
FY201589,151
FY2016126,143
FY201797,603
FY2018119,776
FY2019102,655
FY202094,019
FY2021108,264
FY2022104,600
FY2023116,306
FY2024114,499
FY2025147,056
FY2026*112,550
Fiscal yearPERM
FY2026*112,550
FY2025147,056
FY2024114,499
FY2023116,306
FY2022104,600
FY2021108,264
FY202094,019
FY2019102,655
FY2018119,776
FY201797,603
FY2016126,143
FY201589,151
FY201470,998
FY201344,152
FY201266,488
FY201173,207
FY201081,412
FY200938,247
FY200861,997
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest employers

All years.

Applications by employer
  1. Microsoft Corporation40,980
  2. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp22,268
  3. Intel Corporation20,166
  4. Google LLC17,617
  5. Amazon.com Services LLC17,508
  6. Apple Inc.13,012
  7. Facebook, Inc.11,901
  8. Tata Consultancy Services Limited11,356
  9. Infosys Limited11,048
  10. Cisco Systems, Inc.9,552
  11. Google Inc.8,466
  12. Amazon Corporate LLC7,648
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where

Worksite state and metropolitan area.

PERM labour certification by worksite state

242+2,061+6,597+15k+43k+
242+2,061+6,597+15k+43k+
Data table
StateApplications
CA383,675
TX185,981
NY148,160
NJ125,625
WA100,135
FL75,473
IL71,376
GA68,391
MA59,545
VA55,918
MI49,646
PA43,427
NC38,601
OH32,961
MD26,382
AZ21,940
WI20,107
OR17,383
MN16,960
MO16,583
CO16,531
CT15,051
TN14,805
IN13,964
AL12,272
SC11,644
UT10,009
AR8,622
DC7,951
DE7,774
KS7,711
IA7,299
KY6,738
LA6,597
NE6,582
OK5,990
NV4,708
NH4,047
NM3,171
MS3,092
RI2,976
SD2,632
ID2,577
ND2,394
ME2,061
HI2,020
GU1,977
WV1,568
VT1,452
MT957
PR881
AK828
MP738
WY601
VI242
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ244,107
  2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA148,209
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA100,757
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA97,091
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA85,168
  6. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX79,887
  7. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV66,386
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN62,270
  9. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH49,719
  10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA45,636
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and pay

SOC 2018 occupation; offered annual wage on certified applications (LCA and PERM programmes).

Occupations
  1. Software Developers560,562
  2. Computer Systems Analysts128,305
  3. Computer Occupations, All Other48,649
  4. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer42,123
  5. Computer and Information Systems Managers31,775
  6. Accountants and Auditors29,520
  7. Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers27,828
  8. Mechanical Engineers24,659
  9. Statisticians24,152
  10. Network and Computer Systems Administrators20,440
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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