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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Des Moines, IA

Decisions
320
Approved
98.7%
Median certified wage
$98,115
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 27 0 0
FY2017 36 1 1
FY2018 26 0 3
FY2019 19 1 0
FY2020 22 0 0
FY2021 19 0 0
FY2022 32 1 0
FY2023 33 1 0
FY2024 27 0 1
FY2025 38 0 1
FY2026 31 0 0

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 131
  • China 21
  • Nepal 10
  • Mexico 7
  • Malaysia 6
  • South Korea 5
  • Venezuela 4
  • Jordan 4
  • Pakistan 4
  • Taiwan 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 113
  • Bachelor's 60
  • Other 52
  • Doctorate 17
  • High School 3
  • None 1
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 216
  • F-1 6
  • TN 3
  • PAROLEE 2
  • TPS 2
  • J-2 2
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • O-1 1
  • L-1 1
  • B-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.