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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Bethlehem, PA

Decisions
247
Approved
92.4%
Median certified wage
$101,837
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 30 1 1
FY2017 23 0 1
FY2018 26 1 2
FY2019 23 1 0
FY2020 16 0 3
FY2021 25 1 0
FY2022 13 2 1
FY2023 12 0 0
FY2024 12 10 1
FY2025 26 1 0
FY2026 13 1 1

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 108
  • China 13
  • Brazil 9
  • Turkey 8
  • Canada 8
  • South Korea 7
  • Pakistan 5
  • Mexico 5
  • Bangladesh 4
  • Egypt 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 76
  • Bachelor's 58
  • Doctorate 29
  • Other 19
  • None 15
  • High School 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 150
  • L-1 17
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • F-1 6
  • J-1 4
  • TN 3
  • B-2 2
  • H-4 2
  • E-3 2
  • E-2 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.