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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Atlanta, GA

Decisions
12,140
Approved
97.5%
Median certified wage
$106,434
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 959 23 30
FY2017 816 36 26
FY2018 1,052 33 27
FY2019 935 15 23
FY2020 804 18 24
FY2021 958 17 32
FY2022 917 29 49
FY2023 1,004 58 39
FY2024 1,132 19 79
FY2025 1,622 13 73
FY2026 1,221 27 30

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 4,067
  • Bachelor's 3,654
  • None 527
  • Doctorate 271
  • High School 203
  • Other 166
  • Associate's 51

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 6,833
  • L-1 524
  • F-1 385
  • NOT IN USA 220
  • B-2 124
  • TN 119
  • E-2 85
  • J-1 34
  • F-2 31
  • H-4 31

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.