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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in East Lansing, MI

Decisions
337
Approved
98.2%
Median certified wage
$87,822
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 40 1 0
FY2017 48 0 2
FY2018 31 0 0
FY2019 31 4 0
FY2020 26 0 1
FY2021 19 0 2
FY2022 19 0 0
FY2023 15 1 0
FY2024 14 0 2
FY2025 39 0 1
FY2026 41 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 250
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 31
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 17
  • Software Publishers 10
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 4
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 3
  • Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 3
  • Computer Systems Design Services 3
  • Software Publishers 1
  • Beauty Salons 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 57
  • China 46
  • Canada 22
  • South Korea 16
  • Germany 15
  • United Kingdom 10
  • Italy 6
  • Taiwan 5
  • Japan 5
  • Spain 4

Worker's education

  • Doctorate 155
  • Master's 49
  • Bachelor's 33
  • Other 9
  • None 6

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 155
  • J-1 6
  • F-1 4
  • E-2 2
  • H-4 1
  • E-3 1
  • O-3 1
  • TN 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.