PERM jobs in Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Decisions
- 1,518
- Approved
- 92.7%
- Median certified wage
- $73,983
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 114 | 4 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 148 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2018 | 137 | 14 | 6 |
| FY2019 | 109 | 9 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 83 | 27 | 9 |
| FY2021 | 117 | 11 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 69 | 3 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 67 | 7 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 139 | 8 | 9 |
| FY2025 | 227 | 7 | 13 |
| FY2026 | 138 | 12 | 9 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 164
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 95
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 65
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 53
- Accountants and Auditors 41
- Computer Systems Analysts 40
- Marketing Managers 40
- Computer Occupations, All Other 34
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 32
- Civil Engineers 28
Industries
- Custom Computer Programming Services 155
- Car Washes 121
- Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 65
- Engineering Services 49
- All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 44
- Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 37
- Software Publishers 33
- Credit Card Issuing 31
- Other Support Activities for Air Transportation 28
- Software Publishers 23
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 377
- Master's 287
- None 219
- High School 99
- Other 34
- Associate's 28
- Doctorate 14
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 392
- L-1 131
- F-1 72
- E-2 65
- B-2 59
- NOT IN USA 46
- TN 31
- F-2 13
- B-1 12
- E-1 8
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.