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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Hanover, MD

Decisions
404
Approved
93.9%
Median certified wage
$115,050
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 17 3 1
FY2017 13 2 0
FY2018 19 1 0
FY2019 11 0 0
FY2020 28 0 0
FY2021 27 0 2
FY2022 50 7 2
FY2023 34 2 0
FY2024 45 6 0
FY2025 72 1 3
FY2026 54 2 2

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 166
  • Nepal 37
  • Canada 11
  • China 10
  • South Korea 10
  • United Kingdom 6
  • Mexico 5
  • Pakistan 5
  • Sri Lanka 5
  • Honduras 3

Worker's education

  • Master's 112
  • Bachelor's 102
  • High School 20
  • None 17
  • Associate's 8
  • Other 6
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 182
  • TPS 31
  • TN 11
  • F-1 9
  • L-1 8
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • H-4 3
  • F-2 2
  • B-2 2
  • E-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.