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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Covington, GA

Decisions
355
Approved
96.5%
Median certified wage
$25,584
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 27 0 1
FY2018 14 0 0
FY2019 27 0 0
FY2020 8 0 0
FY2021 23 1 0
FY2022 3 1 0
FY2023 7 0 0
FY2024 31 5 3
FY2025 145 0 3
FY2026 36 5 1

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Countries of citizenship

  • Vietnam 122
  • South Korea 13
  • India 8
  • Mexico 4
  • Kenya 2
  • Ghana 2
  • Uganda 1
  • Pakistan 1
  • Japan 1
  • Brazil 1

Worker's education

  • None 104
  • Bachelor's 34
  • High School 9
  • Master's 7
  • Associate's 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 104
  • F-1 19
  • H-1B 10
  • L-1 7
  • B-2 5
  • B-1 3
  • E-2 2
  • 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.