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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Bedford Park, IL

Decisions
145
Approved
94.9%
Median certified wage
$52,104
Years
FY2017 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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2017 0 0 1
FY2018 3 0 0
FY2019 1 0 0
FY2020 6 0 0
FY2021 10 0 0
FY2022 7 0 5
FY2023 14 1 1
FY2024 2 3 1
FY2025 62 1 0
FY2026 25 2 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • General Freight Trucking 84
  • General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload 40
  • General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance 5
  • General Automotive Repair 3
  • Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 2
  • Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 2
  • Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers 2
  • Packaging and Labeling Services 1
  • Petroleum Lubricating Oil and Grease Manufacturing 1
  • Office Administrative Services 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Poland 39
  • Ukraine 7
  • South Africa 2
  • Mongolia 1
  • South Korea 1
  • Honduras 1
  • United Kingdom 1
  • Hong Kong 1
  • India 1

Worker's education

  • None 38
  • High School 6
  • Bachelor's 6
  • Associate's 2
  • Master's 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 13
  • B-2 6
  • J-1 3
  • H-1B 3
  • H-2B 2
  • F-2 2
  • L-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.