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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Columbus, IN

Decisions
1,840
Approved
99.1%
Median certified wage
$90,751
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 322 5 5
FY2017 173 2 2
FY2018 149 3 1
FY2019 111 3 1
FY2020 137 0 0
FY2021 96 0 0
FY2022 140 0 5
FY2023 158 2 1
FY2024 145 0 5
FY2025 209 0 7
FY2026 152 1 5

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing 1,614
  • Engineering Services 59
  • Engineering Services 41
  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services 38
  • Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 15
  • Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 9
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 9
  • Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing 9
  • Automobile Manufacturing 6
  • Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 3

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 1,067
  • Bachelor's 342
  • Doctorate 27
  • Other 11
  • None 4
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,355
  • L-1 43
  • F-1 16
  • TN 13
  • E-2 9
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • H-4 2
  • TPS 1
  • EWI 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.