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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Laurel, MD

Decisions
276
Approved
83.5%
Median certified wage
$40,976
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 17 2 0
FY2017 16 1 4
FY2018 25 7 0
FY2019 9 7 0
FY2020 29 3 0
FY2021 18 3 1
FY2022 13 2 1
FY2023 15 1 0
FY2024 17 14 0
FY2025 50 3 3
FY2026 14 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Residential Building Construction 50
  • Other Spectator Sports 31
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 25
  • Masonry Contractors 18
  • Residential Remodelers 15
  • Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance 14
  • Elementary and Secondary Schools 9
  • Full-Service Restaurants 8
  • Computer Systems Design Services 7
  • Racetracks 7

Countries of citizenship

  • India 39
  • Mexico 30
  • El Salvador 28
  • South Korea 18
  • Brazil 16
  • Guatemala 13
  • Turkey 9
  • Pakistan 6
  • Nigeria 5
  • Colombia 5

Worker's education

  • None 99
  • Master's 41
  • Bachelor's 25
  • High School 23
  • Associate's 6
  • Other 5
  • Doctorate 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 44
  • F-1 24
  • B-2 10
  • H-2B 9
  • TPS 4
  • NOT IN USA 3
  • A1/A2 2
  • EWI 2
  • G-5 1
  • H-4 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.