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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Irving, TX

Decisions
11,471
Approved
97.6%
Median certified wage
$99,258
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1,114 26 44
FY2017 895 28 27
FY2018 1,021 24 29
FY2019 716 16 8
FY2020 645 31 45
FY2021 985 10 25
FY2022 925 26 35
FY2023 1,115 31 52
FY2024 1,091 20 50
FY2025 1,204 13 44
FY2026 1,101 38 37

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 5,080
  • Bachelor's 3,234
  • None 337
  • Other 68
  • Doctorate 43
  • High School 29
  • Associate's 27

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 6,527
  • F-1 696
  • L-1 408
  • NOT IN USA 207
  • TPS 66
  • H-2B 48
  • E-2 47
  • TN 45
  • B-2 44
  • H-4 27

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.