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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Lake Forest, CA

Decisions
412
Approved
95.8%
Median certified wage
$102,033
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 43 0 0
FY2017 62 5 2
FY2018 39 3 1
FY2019 37 3 1
FY2020 30 0 0
FY2021 38 0 1
FY2022 38 1 0
FY2023 19 1 1
FY2024 19 2 0
FY2025 32 0 1
FY2026 31 2 0

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Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 145
  • Master's 125
  • None 35
  • Associate's 19
  • Doctorate 7
  • Other 6
  • High School 4

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 191
  • L-1 31
  • F-1 19
  • NOT IN USA 18
  • TN 9
  • O-1 5
  • E-2 5
  • PAROLEE 2
  • B-2 2
  • TPS 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.