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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Buford, GA

Decisions
202
Approved
92.1%
Median certified wage
$74,003
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 4 0 0
FY2017 4 0 0
FY2018 6 0 0
FY2019 8 4 1
FY2020 6 0 1
FY2021 11 0 3
FY2022 31 1 1
FY2023 42 2 1
FY2024 12 3 2
FY2025 25 3 3
FY2026 25 2 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Custom Computer Programming Services 77
  • Employment Placement Agencies 14
  • New Car Dealers 10
  • Full-Service Restaurants 7
  • Religious Organizations 6
  • Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 5
  • Other Computer Related Services 5
  • Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 5
  • Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 5
  • Taxi and Limousine Service 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 68
  • South Korea 25
  • Pakistan 6
  • Brazil 5
  • Cambodia 4
  • Germany 4
  • Romania 4
  • Nigeria 3
  • Colombia 3
  • South Africa 3

Worker's education

  • Master's 75
  • Bachelor's 29
  • High School 18
  • None 16
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 71
  • NOT IN USA 14
  • F-1 13
  • L-1 8
  • B-2 4
  • E-2 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.