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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Gainesville, GA

Decisions
1,681
Approved
70.1%
Median certified wage
$20,010
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 121 2 21
FY2017 165 6 26
FY2018 194 160 52
FY2019 119 122 26
FY2020 140 33 18
FY2021 49 77 3
FY2022 115 19 2
FY2023 42 1 1
FY2024 85 0 0
FY2025 24 17 2
FY2026 18 21 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Poultry Processing 1,243
  • Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production 268
  • Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 16
  • Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors 14
  • Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services 13
  • Grocery and Convenience Retailers 11
  • Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 9
  • Automobile Manufacturing 7
  • Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 6
  • All Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing 4

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • None 1,285
  • High School 107
  • Bachelor's 86
  • Other 43
  • Associate's 29
  • Master's 26
  • Doctorate 7

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 187
  • NOT IN USA 178
  • B-2 72
  • E-2 46
  • F-2 37
  • H-1B 26
  • H-2B 16
  • TPS 11
  • L-1 8
  • J-1 4

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.