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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Arlington Heights, IL

Decisions
577
Approved
95.9%
Median certified wage
$88,691
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 75 5 1
FY2017 54 6 1
FY2018 63 2 3
FY2019 44 2 0
FY2020 29 0 1
FY2021 39 1 0
FY2022 38 1 5
FY2023 43 2 1
FY2024 49 1 3
FY2025 60 1 5
FY2026 39 2 1

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 322
  • South Korea 20
  • China 19
  • Turkey 10
  • Poland 9
  • Canada 8
  • Japan 8
  • Philippines 6
  • Ukraine 4
  • Mongolia 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 262
  • Bachelor's 135
  • High School 21
  • None 12
  • Other 10
  • Associate's 5
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 339
  • F-1 28
  • L-1 24
  • B-2 6
  • E-2 6
  • J-1 3
  • NOT IN USA 3
  • TN 3
  • F-2 2
  • R-1 1

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.