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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Elizabeth, NJ

Decisions
87
Approved
79.8%
Median certified wage
$66,654
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 10 4 2
FY2017 7 6 0
FY2018 8 2 0
FY2019 3 2 0
FY2020 7 2 1
FY2021 6 1 0
FY2022 2 0 0
FY2023 6 0 0
FY2024 7 0 0
FY2025 8 0 0
FY2026 3 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Freight Transportation Arrangement 4
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 4
  • Landscaping Services 4
  • Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 4
  • New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) 3
  • All Other Specialty Food Stores 3
  • Freight Transportation Arrangement 3
  • Pharmacies and Drug Stores 3
  • Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists 3
  • Document Preparation Services 2

Countries of citizenship

  • India 12
  • Mexico 7
  • Brazil 6
  • Poland 5
  • El Salvador 5
  • Colombia 4
  • South Korea 3
  • Turkey 3
  • China 2
  • Venezuela 2

Worker's education

  • Master's 20
  • Bachelor's 16
  • None 16
  • High School 9
  • Other 5
  • Doctorate 3
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 22
  • F-1 11
  • B-2 4
  • EWI 4
  • H-4 2
  • O-1 2
  • E-2 2
  • PAROLEE 2
  • F-2 1
  • L-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.