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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Bellevue, WA

Decisions
5,742
Approved
96.9%
Median certified wage
$130,303
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 491 7 17
FY2017 412 9 14
FY2018 555 38 10
FY2019 516 42 6
FY2020 397 4 12
FY2021 400 5 19
FY2022 415 8 42
FY2023 459 24 38
FY2024 464 17 33
FY2025 611 5 66
FY2026 559 12 35

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Worker's education

  • Master's 2,484
  • Bachelor's 1,601
  • Doctorate 94
  • None 87
  • Other 50
  • High School 27
  • Associate's 17

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 3,548
  • L-1 343
  • F-1 119
  • TN 84
  • E-2 29
  • NOT IN USA 26
  • H-4 26
  • E-3 21
  • O-1 12
  • J-1 7

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.