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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Louisville, KY

Decisions
2,173
Approved
93.0%
Median certified wage
$82,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 361 6 10
FY2017 181 3 11
FY2018 156 65 7
FY2019 140 2 4
FY2020 124 1 9
FY2021 91 3 4
FY2022 103 8 13
FY2023 131 24 31
FY2024 141 0 10
FY2025 263 26 11
FY2026 220 5 9

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Worker's education

  • Master's 678
  • Bachelor's 560
  • None 245
  • Other 39
  • High School 36
  • Doctorate 36
  • Associate's 15

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,103
  • NOT IN USA 117
  • F-1 82
  • TN 44
  • H-2B 43
  • L-1 18
  • F-2 7
  • E-2 5
  • B-2 5
  • PAROLEE 5

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.