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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Buena Park, CA

Decisions
499
Approved
94.0%
Median certified wage
$48,050
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 72 5 5
FY2017 56 9 5
FY2018 48 3 2
FY2019 26 3 2
FY2020 28 2 4
FY2021 18 2 2
FY2022 29 1 1
FY2023 41 1 2
FY2024 21 2 4
FY2025 69 0 4
FY2026 28 0 4

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 269
  • India 41
  • China 16
  • Philippines 11
  • Taiwan 8
  • Vietnam 8
  • Canada 5
  • Japan 4
  • Mexico 3
  • El Salvador 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 140
  • Master's 106
  • None 64
  • High School 53
  • Associate's 17
  • Doctorate 5
  • Other 3

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 130
  • H-1B 62
  • E-2 37
  • B-2 18
  • F-2 15
  • NOT IN USA 13
  • L-1 9
  • R-1 8
  • J-1 6
  • E-1 3

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.