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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Dobson, NC

Decisions
1,214
Approved
79.7%
Median certified wage
$28,150
Years
FY2016 to FY2024

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 112 20 15
FY2017 72 102 6
FY2018 55 95 15
FY2019 36 1 0
FY2020 0 7 0
FY2021 0 0 0
FY2022 10 0 0
FY2023 129 0 55
FY2024 471 0 13

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • Vietnam 1,101
  • South Korea 86
  • Venezuela 12
  • China 5
  • El Salvador 4
  • Canada 1
  • Japan 1
  • Chile 1
  • Peru 1
  • Brazil 1

Worker's education

  • None 887
  • High School 172
  • Bachelor's 100
  • Associate's 38
  • Other 13
  • Master's 4

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 1,032
  • F-1 122
  • B-2 26
  • F-2 9
  • J-1 2
  • B-1 1
  • H-1B 1
  • E-2 1
  • J-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.