PERM jobs in Chattanooga, TN
- Decisions
- 493
- Approved
- 95.6%
- Median certified wage
- $87,568
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 25 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 31 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 44 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 53 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 63 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2026 | 58 | 3 | 40 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
Industries
- Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 100
- Automobile Manufacturing 41
- Limited-Service Restaurants 40
- Custom Computer Programming Services 36
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 24
- Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping 23
- Engineering Services 20
- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 17
- General Warehousing and Storage 16
- Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping 10
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 128
- Master's 127
- Other 17
- Doctorate 15
- None 11
- Associate's 7
- High School 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 200
- L-1 27
- F-1 13
- TN 11
- E-2 8
- E-1 6
- NOT IN USA 4
- P-1 1
- TPS 1
- F-2 1
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.