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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Alexandria, VA

Decisions
844
Approved
89.5%
Median certified wage
$46,983
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 105 2 8
FY2017 65 14 9
FY2018 71 14 5
FY2019 95 4 3
FY2020 55 11 1
FY2021 48 10 0
FY2022 39 5 2
FY2023 42 9 3
FY2024 59 7 7
FY2025 72 3 4
FY2026 65 5 2

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Worker's education

  • None 290
  • Master's 160
  • Bachelor's 115
  • High School 71
  • Other 29
  • Doctorate 8
  • Associate's 5

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 184
  • NOT IN USA 98
  • F-1 87
  • TPS 24
  • J-1 19
  • A1/A2 15
  • B-2 14
  • EWI 11
  • F-2 11
  • E-2 10

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.