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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Kent, WA

Decisions
128
Approved
86.9%
Median certified wage
$64,835
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 14 3 2
FY2017 7 1 0
FY2018 14 1 1
FY2019 7 1 0
FY2020 6 0 1
FY2021 12 0 0
FY2022 7 5 0
FY2023 5 1 2
FY2024 6 1 0
FY2025 13 0 0
FY2026 15 3 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Janitorial Services 12
  • Sporting Goods Stores 8
  • Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 6
  • Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 6
  • Offices of Dentists 5
  • Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance 5
  • Restaurants and Other Eating Places 4
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 4
  • Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance 3
  • Full-Service Restaurants 3

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 18
  • India 14
  • Canada 8
  • China 7
  • Philippines 7
  • Vietnam 7
  • Australia 4
  • Mexico 3
  • Taiwan 3
  • Indonesia 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 27
  • Master's 22
  • High School 19
  • None 11
  • Other 10
  • Doctorate 3
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 30
  • E-2 13
  • F-1 12
  • TN 3
  • P-1 2
  • L-1 2
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • B-2 2
  • H-4 1
  • 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.