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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Dallas, TX

Decisions
12,175
Approved
96.1%
Median certified wage
$103,018
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 961 56 42
FY2017 654 62 17
FY2018 986 33 43
FY2019 786 36 15
FY2020 867 23 34
FY2021 835 16 18
FY2022 892 25 32
FY2023 1,081 58 63
FY2024 1,059 66 65
FY2025 1,672 49 58
FY2026 1,471 38 62

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 4,234
  • Bachelor's 2,959
  • None 761
  • Other 228
  • Doctorate 166
  • High School 125
  • Associate's 83

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 6,259
  • F-1 578
  • NOT IN USA 358
  • L-1 335
  • B-2 136
  • TN 118
  • E-2 64
  • H-4 37
  • F-2 26
  • TPS 19

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.