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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Birmingham, AL

Decisions
633
Approved
95.0%
Median certified wage
$93,829
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 63 5 0
FY2017 69 4 0
FY2018 46 4 4
FY2019 37 2 2
FY2020 30 1 3
FY2021 60 0 1
FY2022 43 1 1
FY2023 26 5 6
FY2024 48 5 3
FY2025 63 1 6
FY2026 89 2 3

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 229
  • Philippines 56
  • Spain 17
  • China 17
  • Pakistan 16
  • Canada 16
  • Mexico 14
  • Brazil 11
  • Nepal 7
  • United Kingdom 6

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 163
  • Master's 156
  • Other 60
  • Doctorate 30
  • None 22
  • High School 19
  • Associate's 11

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 313
  • NOT IN USA 55
  • F-1 20
  • L-1 13
  • E-1 11
  • TN 9
  • B-2 7
  • E-2 6
  • J-1 3
  • F-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.