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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Fairfield, IA

Decisions
79
Approved
93.4%
Median certified wage
$65,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 4 0 0
FY2017 7 1 1
FY2018 14 1 0
FY2019 12 1 0
FY2020 7 0 0
FY2021 4 1 0
FY2022 4 0 0
FY2023 1 0 1
FY2024 9 0 0
FY2025 6 0 0
FY2026 3 1 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 40
  • Mortgage and Nonmortgage Loan Brokers 14
  • Clothing Stores 3
  • Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media 3
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 2
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 2
  • Offices of Certified Public Accountants 2
  • Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities 2
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 1
  • All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 10
  • Nepal 10
  • Pakistan 6
  • China 5
  • Vietnam 4
  • Colombia 3
  • Iran 3
  • Egypt 2
  • Jordan 2
  • Turkey 2

Worker's education

  • Master's 50
  • Bachelor's 9
  • Doctorate 7

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 30
  • F-1 24
  • J-1 9
  • E-3 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.