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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Dulles, VA

Decisions
589
Approved
98.6%
Median certified wage
$97,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 69 2 1
FY2017 70 4 2
FY2018 64 0 2
FY2019 41 1 3
FY2020 53 1 3
FY2021 82 0 2
FY2022 68 0 1
FY2023 58 0 4
FY2024 31 0 2
FY2025 17 0 3
FY2026 5 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 287
  • China 126
  • Taiwan 37
  • Vietnam 12
  • Nepal 10
  • South Korea 8
  • Colombia 7
  • Canada 6
  • Pakistan 6
  • Malaysia 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 327
  • Bachelor's 214
  • None 7
  • Other 6
  • Doctorate 4
  • High School 2
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 355
  • F-1 164
  • L-1 17
  • TPS 4
  • G-4 3
  • H-4 3
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • TN 2
  • O-1 1
  • E-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.