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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Albany, NY

Decisions
671
Approved
96.7%
Median certified wage
$85,800
Years
FY2016 to FY2026

Year by year

  • certified
  • denied
  • withdrawn

Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, 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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 71 2 2
FY2017 68 4 1
FY2018 75 1 2
FY2019 33 1 1
FY2020 43 3 3
FY2021 72 2 3
FY2022 73 6 0
FY2023 65 0 1
FY2024 42 1 0
FY2025 40 0 0
FY2026 30 1 25

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 359
  • China 30
  • Mexico 20
  • Turkey 17
  • Canada 16
  • South Korea 15
  • Philippines 11
  • Pakistan 11
  • Nepal 7
  • United Kingdom 7

Worker's education

  • Master's 275
  • Bachelor's 163
  • Doctorate 66
  • None 33
  • Other 15
  • High School 8

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 422
  • F-1 27
  • NOT IN USA 14
  • L-1 7
  • E-2 6
  • H-2B 4
  • B-2 3
  • J-1 2
  • H-2A 2
  • O-1 2

The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled; a city counts as one place per state.

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting is not in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases, not the queue.