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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Iselin, NJ

Decisions
3,499
Approved
97.7%
Median certified wage
$111,405
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 324 5 4
FY2017 374 26 13
FY2018 369 10 8
FY2019 300 8 6
FY2020 269 10 9
FY2021 303 1 14
FY2022 367 8 10
FY2023 239 5 3
FY2024 253 3 15
FY2025 255 0 3
FY2026 276 3 6

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 2,790
  • Nepal 27
  • China 19
  • Canada 12
  • Pakistan 7
  • Mexico 7
  • Bangladesh 6
  • Australia 4
  • Brazil 3
  • Philippines 2

Worker's education

  • Master's 1,509
  • Bachelor's 1,364
  • Other 13
  • None 11
  • Doctorate 6
  • Associate's 6
  • High School 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 2,610
  • L-1 116
  • F-1 76
  • NOT IN USA 40
  • H-4 16
  • TN 8
  • PAROLEE 5
  • E-3 4
  • B-1 2
  • B-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.