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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Allentown, PA

Decisions
1,428
Approved
96.1%
Median certified wage
$30,160
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 54 3 2
FY2017 34 3 4
FY2018 37 0 0
FY2019 35 2 4
FY2020 23 0 3
FY2021 26 1 4
FY2022 29 1 8
FY2023 47 2 2
FY2024 100 21 1
FY2025 323 21 3
FY2026 633 1 1

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 260
  • Bangladesh 18
  • China 14
  • Nepal 12
  • Mexico 6
  • South Korea 6
  • Brazil 6
  • Canada 6
  • Dominican Republic 6
  • United Kingdom 6

Worker's education

  • Master's 220
  • Bachelor's 95
  • None 58
  • Doctorate 9
  • Other 8
  • High School 5
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 263
  • F-1 55
  • NOT IN USA 22
  • L-1 19
  • B-2 5
  • H-4 4
  • TPS 3
  • TN 3
  • F-2 2
  • H-2B 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.