PERM jobs in Columbia, MO
- Decisions
- 296
- Approved
- 91.3%
- Median certified wage
- $80,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 12 | 20 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 78 | 0 | 11 |
| FY2026 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 53
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 43
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 38
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 19
- Software Developers, Applications 10
- Software Developers 7
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 7
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary 5
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 4
- Industrial Engineers 4
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 122
- Limited-Service Restaurants 44
- Landscaping Services 29
- Landscaping Services 25
- Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers 13
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 12
- Custom Computer Programming Services 8
- Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 4
- Other Computer Related Services 4
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 3
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Doctorate 47
- Other 37
- Master's 35
- None 35
- Bachelor's 21
- High School 3
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 123
- F-1 11
- H-2B 5
- J-2 3
- J-1 3
- NOT IN USA 1
- R-1 1
- O-1 1
- E-3 1
- L-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.