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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Long Beach, CA

Decisions
733
Approved
87.2%
Median certified wage
$79,200
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 69 6 2
FY2017 55 5 5
FY2018 97 12 0
FY2019 63 11 4
FY2020 51 11 2
FY2021 49 10 3
FY2022 35 6 2
FY2023 44 3 4
FY2024 44 12 3
FY2025 48 2 1
FY2026 60 12 2

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Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 194
  • Master's 175
  • High School 82
  • None 69
  • Doctorate 37
  • Associate's 21
  • Other 17

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 204
  • F-1 106
  • NOT IN USA 83
  • L-1 22
  • E-2 17
  • B-2 16
  • TN 9
  • EWI 6
  • F-2 4
  • J-1 3

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.