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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Elgin, IL

Decisions
321
Approved
96.8%
Median certified wage
$44,283
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 8 0 0
FY2017 16 1 0
FY2018 15 1 0
FY2019 13 1 0
FY2020 12 1 0
FY2021 23 3 0
FY2022 25 0 0
FY2023 7 0 3
FY2024 61 1 7
FY2025 56 0 2
FY2026 63 2 0

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 48
  • Philippines 27
  • Mexico 14
  • Ukraine 11
  • Uzbekistan 7
  • Brazil 6
  • China 6
  • Pakistan 5
  • Azerbaijan 5
  • Nigeria 5

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 52
  • Master's 42
  • High School 37
  • None 15
  • Associate's 7
  • Other 6
  • Doctorate 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 62
  • L-1 16
  • NOT IN USA 9
  • F-1 8
  • B-2 7
  • E-2 4
  • TN 3
  • B-1 3
  • H-2B 2
  • J-1 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.