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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Garden Grove, CA

Decisions
294
Approved
85.3%
Median certified wage
$49,015
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 39 3 2
FY2017 27 3 3
FY2018 27 4 3
FY2019 21 10 2
FY2020 13 4 2
FY2021 14 2 4
FY2022 19 2 1
FY2023 8 3 1
FY2024 17 4 1
FY2025 18 4 2
FY2026 29 1 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Offices of Certified Public Accountants 16
  • Full-Service Restaurants 11
  • Janitorial Services 11
  • Nonresidential Building Construction 10
  • Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services 9
  • Used Car Dealers 8
  • Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners 8
  • Insurance Agencies and Brokerages 7
  • Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 7
  • Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors 7

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 136
  • Vietnam 35
  • India 12
  • Philippines 9
  • Mexico 8
  • China 7
  • Turkey 3
  • Canada 3
  • Brazil 2
  • Thailand 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 83
  • None 55
  • Master's 47
  • High School 25
  • Other 11
  • Doctorate 7
  • Associate's 7

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 67
  • H-1B 35
  • B-2 14
  • E-2 11
  • NOT IN USA 8
  • F-2 4
  • L-1 4
  • J-1 3
  • E-1 3
  • TN 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.