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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Cleveland, OH

Decisions
1,250
Approved
96.9%
Median certified wage
$101,490
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 186 5 2
FY2017 90 4 2
FY2018 178 2 1
FY2019 99 4 3
FY2020 77 1 1
FY2021 103 5 3
FY2022 83 3 3
FY2023 67 1 5
FY2024 72 5 7
FY2025 110 6 9
FY2026 108 1 4

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Worker's education

  • Master's 324
  • Bachelor's 261
  • Other 259
  • Doctorate 87
  • None 56
  • High School 5
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 844
  • F-1 24
  • L-1 19
  • NOT IN USA 15
  • H-2B 13
  • O-1 10
  • TPS 9
  • TN 8
  • B-2 6
  • J-1 5

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.