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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Lorton, VA

Decisions
144
Approved
93.4%
Median certified wage
$48,640
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 7 1 1
FY2017 4 0 0
FY2018 5 1 1
FY2019 24 2 0
FY2020 16 2 3
FY2021 16 0 0
FY2022 8 1 0
FY2023 6 1 0
FY2024 20 1 3
FY2025 16 0 0
FY2026 5 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Painting and Wall Covering Contractors 14
  • Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local 14
  • Residential Remodelers 8
  • Roofing Contractors 7
  • Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors 7
  • General Freight Trucking, Local 7
  • Tile and Terrazzo Contractors 6
  • Fish and Seafood Merchant Wholesalers 6
  • Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers 5
  • Landscaping Services 5

Countries of citizenship

  • El Salvador 27
  • Mongolia 9
  • Zimbabwe 9
  • Mexico 8
  • Turkey 7
  • South Korea 6
  • Pakistan 4
  • Nepal 4
  • South Africa 4
  • China 3

Worker's education

  • None 75
  • Bachelor's 14
  • High School 12
  • Master's 5
  • Associate's 3
  • Other 3

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 31
  • TPS 18
  • F-1 10
  • H-1B 7
  • B-2 6
  • EWI 4
  • F-2 2
  • J-1 2
  • PAROLEE 2
  • B-1 2

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.