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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Federal Way, WA

Decisions
169
Approved
90.8%
Median certified wage
$85,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 28 2 0
FY2017 12 0 0
FY2018 17 2 3
FY2019 13 3 1
FY2020 6 1 2
FY2021 16 1 1
FY2022 8 0 0
FY2023 8 0 4
FY2024 10 1 1
FY2025 11 3 4
FY2026 10 1 0

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Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 61
  • India 59
  • China 7
  • Philippines 2
  • Kenya 1
  • Vietnam 1
  • Moldova 1
  • Jordan 1
  • Armenia 1
  • Singapore 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 40
  • Master's 37
  • None 24
  • High School 23
  • Other 11
  • Doctorate 1
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 71
  • F-1 24
  • E-2 10
  • F-2 2
  • B-2 2
  • J-1 1
  • B-1 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • L-1 1
  • I 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.