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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Lake Charles, LA

Decisions
153
Approved
96.3%
Median certified wage
$31,200
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 10 1 1
FY2017 5 1 1
FY2018 10 0 1
FY2019 19 1 0
FY2020 18 0 13
FY2021 13 2 0
FY2022 21 0 0
FY2023 5 0 1
FY2024 15 0 1
FY2025 6 0 0
FY2026 8 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Landscaping Services 56
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 16
  • Poultry Processing 9
  • Elementary and Secondary Schools 9
  • Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores 8
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 8
  • Landscaping Services 4
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4
  • Industrial Building Construction 4
  • Golf Courses and Country Clubs 3

Countries of citizenship

  • Mexico 72
  • Pakistan 9
  • India 9
  • Nepal 6
  • Bangladesh 5
  • China 4
  • Colombia 4
  • Benin 3
  • Cambodia 2
  • Germany 2

Worker's education

  • None 76
  • Bachelor's 24
  • Doctorate 13
  • Master's 12
  • Other 7
  • High School 4

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 33
  • H-2B 15
  • F-1 12
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • B-2 3
  • TN 2
  • E-2 2
  • L-1 2
  • F-2 1
  • H-1B1 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.