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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Columbia, SC

Decisions
975
Approved
93.9%
Median certified wage
$53,009
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 58 10 1
FY2017 52 1 6
FY2018 63 3 1
FY2019 36 19 4
FY2020 39 1 1
FY2021 106 0 11
FY2022 122 3 6
FY2023 94 2 2
FY2024 51 9 4
FY2025 114 5 3
FY2026 141 4 3

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Worker's education

  • None 228
  • Master's 194
  • Bachelor's 148
  • Doctorate 88
  • Other 27
  • Associate's 10
  • High School 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 361
  • F-1 167
  • NOT IN USA 60
  • L-1 14
  • F-2 12
  • B-2 9
  • H-4 6
  • E-2 5
  • J-1 4
  • R-1 4

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.