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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Foothill Ranch, CA

Decisions
94
Approved
94.6%
Median certified wage
$94,581
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 22 1 0
FY2017 5 0 0
FY2018 16 0 0
FY2019 7 0 0
FY2020 3 1 0
FY2021 3 0 0
FY2022 4 1 0
FY2023 3 2 1
FY2024 6 0 0
FY2025 15 0 0
FY2026 4 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 13
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 12
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 10
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 10
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 8
  • Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing 7
  • Software Publishers 5
  • Other Computer Related Services 5
  • Engineering Services 4
  • Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 2

Countries of citizenship

  • Taiwan 22
  • India 17
  • Russia 8
  • Spain 6
  • Mexico 4
  • Italy 3
  • Japan 3
  • Ukraine 2
  • China 2
  • Colombia 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 25
  • Master's 24
  • Doctorate 9
  • High School 9
  • None 3
  • Other 2
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 38
  • J-1 7
  • L-1 5
  • F-1 2
  • E-2 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.