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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Lexington, MA

Decisions
379
Approved
96.1%
Median certified wage
$120,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 37 3 5
FY2017 23 1 0
FY2018 34 3 1
FY2019 31 2 0
FY2020 19 1 4
FY2021 39 1 2
FY2022 41 0 1
FY2023 32 2 2
FY2024 29 0 5
FY2025 34 1 1
FY2026 22 0 3

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 190
  • China 23
  • Nepal 10
  • Brazil 9
  • Canada 8
  • South Korea 8
  • United Kingdom 8
  • Mexico 6
  • Lebanon 5
  • Turkey 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 174
  • Bachelor's 86
  • None 23
  • Doctorate 16
  • Other 8
  • High School 4

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 243
  • L-1 28
  • F-1 12
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • B-2 4
  • O-1 2
  • TN 2
  • H-4 1
  • J-2 1
  • O-3 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.