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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Highland Park, IL

Decisions
38
Approved
91.7%
Median certified wage
$54,476
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 2 1 0
FY2017 4 1 0
FY2018 5 0 0
FY2019 3 0 0
FY2020 6 1 0
FY2021 2 0 1
FY2022 3 0 0
FY2023 3 0 0
FY2024 1 0 0
FY2025 3 0 1
FY2026 1 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Custom Computer Programming Services 6
  • Nail Salons 4
  • All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) 3
  • Private Households 2
  • Golf Courses and Country Clubs 2
  • Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 2
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 2
  • Elementary and Secondary Schools 2
  • Residential Building Construction 2
  • Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 5
  • South Africa 4
  • Mongolia 4
  • South Korea 3
  • Poland 3
  • Mexico 3
  • Spain 2
  • Ukraine 2
  • Romania 1
  • Uzbekistan 1

Worker's education

  • None 9
  • Master's 8
  • Bachelor's 8
  • High School 5
  • Other 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 9
  • F-1 8
  • L-1 5
  • B-2 2
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • TPS 1
  • J-1 1
  • E-2 1
  • EWI 1

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.