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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Jamaica, NY

Decisions
220
Approved
93.0%
Median certified wage
$67,912
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 27 2 2
FY2017 18 2 0
FY2018 28 3 1
FY2019 11 1 0
FY2020 10 2 4
FY2021 19 0 3
FY2022 11 2 2
FY2023 11 0 1
FY2024 11 0 2
FY2025 21 0 1
FY2026 20 2 3

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Offices of Certified Public Accountants 16
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 15
  • Freight Transportation Arrangement 15
  • Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores 10
  • Other Support Activities for Transportation 8
  • Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 6
  • Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 6
  • Caterers 6
  • Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 5
  • Full-Service Restaurants 4

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 48
  • Philippines 17
  • China 16
  • India 15
  • Bangladesh 14
  • Turkey 6
  • France 4
  • Sweden 4
  • Taiwan 4
  • Colombia 4

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 56
  • Master's 46
  • None 32
  • Doctorate 14
  • High School 13
  • Other 4
  • Associate's 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 74
  • F-1 34
  • L-1 9
  • E-2 8
  • B-2 6
  • J-1 4
  • E-1 3
  • NOT IN USA 3
  • TPS 2
  • 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.