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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Houghton, MI

Decisions
75
Approved
97.0%
Median certified wage
$90,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 5 1 0
FY2017 7 0 0
FY2018 7 0 1
FY2019 5 0 1
FY2020 10 0 0
FY2021 8 0 0
FY2022 1 1 1
FY2023 5 0 1
FY2024 4 0 3
FY2025 7 0 1
FY2026 6 0 0

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Countries of citizenship

  • China 22
  • India 7
  • South Korea 5
  • Iran 5
  • Germany 4
  • Canada 3
  • Pakistan 1
  • Brazil 1
  • Jordan 1
  • Venezuela 1

Worker's education

  • Doctorate 55
  • Master's 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 56
  • J-1 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.