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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Columbus, GA

Decisions
218
Approved
96.7%
Median certified wage
$74,256
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 25 1 0
FY2017 9 1 0
FY2018 14 0 0
FY2019 9 0 0
FY2020 8 2 0
FY2021 13 0 0
FY2022 6 0 1
FY2023 9 2 0
FY2024 18 1 2
FY2025 23 0 0
FY2026 74 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Limited-Service Restaurants 56
  • Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation 46
  • Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 17
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 15
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 9
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 7
  • Full-Service Restaurants 6
  • Refrigeration Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 5
  • Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 4
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 64
  • South Korea 12
  • China 7
  • Pakistan 5
  • Nigeria 3
  • Venezuela 3
  • Canada 3
  • Philippines 2
  • United Kingdom 2
  • Honduras 2

Worker's education

  • Master's 50
  • Bachelor's 29
  • Doctorate 13
  • Other 12
  • None 11
  • Associate's 2
  • High School 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 85
  • NOT IN USA 7
  • F-1 6
  • L-1 6
  • TN 2
  • E-2 2
  • F-2 1
  • R-1 1
  • G-1 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.