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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Lakewood, WA

Decisions
37
Approved
80.6%
Median certified wage
$51,500
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1 1 0
FY2017 3 1 0
FY2018 7 0 0
FY2019 1 2 0
FY2020 2 0 0
FY2021 2 1 0
FY2022 1 1 0
FY2023 2 0 1
FY2024 1 1 0
FY2025 4 0 0
FY2026 5 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Offices of Certified Public Accountants 6
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 5
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 3
  • Full-Service Restaurants 2
  • Home Health Care Services 2
  • Religious Organizations 2
  • Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities 1
  • Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 1
  • Other Personal Care Services 1
  • Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services 1

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 15
  • Canada 4
  • Philippines 4
  • India 2
  • Kenya 1
  • Syria 1
  • Australia 1

Worker's education

  • Other 9
  • Bachelor's 7
  • High School 5
  • None 3
  • Associate's 3
  • Master's 1

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 9
  • H-1B 8
  • E-2 4
  • B-2 2
  • TN 1
  • P-3 1
  • 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.