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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Fort Lee, NJ

Decisions
427
Approved
91.1%
Median certified wage
$55,453
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 55 7 7
FY2017 28 5 3
FY2018 47 7 3
FY2019 24 4 2
FY2020 26 3 1
FY2021 31 2 3
FY2022 30 5 1
FY2023 23 0 1
FY2024 30 1 2
FY2025 30 0 5
FY2026 34 1 6

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Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 233
  • India 45
  • China 9
  • France 7
  • Kazakhstan 7
  • Colombia 5
  • Japan 4
  • Mexico 3
  • Argentina 3
  • Italy 3

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 143
  • Master's 81
  • High School 58
  • None 29
  • Associate's 15
  • Other 15
  • Doctorate 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 116
  • F-1 95
  • E-2 25
  • NOT IN USA 14
  • J-1 13
  • B-2 7
  • F-2 4
  • L-1 3
  • O-1 2
  • L-2 2

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.