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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Laguna Beach, CA

Decisions
60
Approved
85.5%
Median certified wage
$64,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 7 0 0
FY2017 5 1 0
FY2018 3 3 0
FY2019 3 3 0
FY2020 5 0 1
FY2021 8 0 0
FY2022 2 0 0
FY2023 1 0 0
FY2024 5 0 3
FY2025 5 1 0
FY2026 3 0 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Food Services and Drinking Places 10
  • Landscape Architectural Services 7
  • Educational Support Services 6
  • Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Parts Manufacturing 4
  • Marketing Consulting Services 4
  • Private Households 3
  • Full-Service Restaurants 3
  • Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 2
  • Architectural Services 2
  • Child Care Services 2

Countries of citizenship

  • China 7
  • Japan 5
  • South Korea 5
  • Mexico 4
  • India 3
  • Romania 2
  • United Kingdom 2
  • Thailand 2
  • Italy 2
  • Moldova 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 20
  • Master's 15
  • None 5
  • Other 3
  • High School 1
  • Doctorate 1
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 15
  • E-2 5
  • F-1 5
  • J-1 4
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • O-1 2
  • E-1 1
  • B-2 1
  • EWI 1
  • TN 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.