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Every PERM case, decided and waiting
DOL's published decisions come with the wage and the days each took. Every newer case comes from DOL's own case-status service, still waiting or not.
- Decided, in DOL's published files
- 373,939
- October 2023 to June 2026
How many cases DOL decides
Every decision in DOL's published files, counted by month.
644 decisions per working day
Monthly totals from 5,818 days of DOL's published records. The rate counts working days only.
Decided cases, from DOL's files
Each with its wage, law firm, worksite and the days it took. Cases still waiting aren't in these files, however recently they were filed. They're in the live list.
Source files
PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2026_Q3.xlsx, PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2025_Q4.xlsx, PERM_Disclosure_Data_New_Form_FY2024_Q4.xlsx, PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2024_Q4.xlsx. Counts cover every row in the files, including the ones off screen. A filtered count covers only that filter. How every figure is built.
Browse the cases
Search by employer or law firm
373,939 cases match. Showing 0 to 0.
Reading the case table…
Newer than DOL's published files
Live from DOL's case-status service
DOL's published files end on June 30, 2026. A daily check of DOL's case system adds 165,897 cases they don't hold yet: 80,359 decided (73,155 certified, 2,670 denied, 4,400 withdrawn), 85,538 still waiting. Wage, law firm, state and decision date arrive when DOL publishes the case.
| Case | Status | Employer | Job title | Filed | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Waiting on a case?
Its number gives DOL's status today and an estimated date. With only a filing month, the decision estimator reads it against where DOL is working now.
Comparing a whole docket?
Per-firm and per-sponsor totals sit on the law firm table and the sponsor table, and each one links straight back into these cases.
FAQs
Which cases can be searched here?
Decided ones: everything DOL has published in its quarterly disclosure files, FY2024 to FY2026. A case still pending has no disclosure row yet. For those, the case status page reads the live per-case feed instead.
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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Waiting on a PERM case?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it