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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Greensboro, NC

Decisions
919
Approved
93.8%
Median certified wage
$94,570
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 90 22 6
FY2017 77 6 3
FY2018 63 0 1
FY2019 70 2 2
FY2020 55 0 4
FY2021 80 3 1
FY2022 67 2 7
FY2023 94 4 4
FY2024 96 0 5
FY2025 60 3 10
FY2026 70 12 0

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Worker's education

  • Master's 316
  • Bachelor's 214
  • None 144
  • Doctorate 48
  • Other 10
  • High School 8
  • Associate's 6

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 469
  • L-1 41
  • F-1 22
  • TN 18
  • E-2 13
  • B-2 11
  • NOT IN USA 8
  • J-1 6
  • TPS 5
  • H-2B 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.