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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Columbus, OH

Decisions
3,579
Approved
97.1%
Median certified wage
$100,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 333 5 13
FY2017 254 14 14
FY2018 354 6 5
FY2019 234 10 1
FY2020 253 4 9
FY2021 265 5 6
FY2022 300 3 15
FY2023 267 15 28
FY2024 275 18 19
FY2025 486 13 14
FY2026 324 7 10

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 1,118
  • Bachelor's 1,065
  • None 229
  • Doctorate 127
  • Other 113
  • High School 19
  • Associate's 11

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 2,178
  • F-1 88
  • L-1 46
  • NOT IN USA 41
  • TN 25
  • B-2 16
  • H-4 13
  • O-1 11
  • E-2 9
  • F-2 8

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.