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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Kirkland, WA

Decisions
1,771
Approved
99.0%
Median certified wage
$119,350
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 93 0 1
FY2017 114 2 1
FY2018 122 2 2
FY2019 152 0 0
FY2020 194 0 1
FY2021 198 1 3
FY2022 115 4 5
FY2023 455 7 11
FY2024 187 1 2
FY2025 55 0 2
FY2026 38 1 2

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 1,122
  • Bachelor's 439
  • Doctorate 78
  • None 19
  • Other 7
  • High School 4
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,270
  • F-1 191
  • L-1 79
  • TN 71
  • E-3 14
  • E-2 9
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • H-4 4
  • L-2 3
  • H-1B1 3

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.