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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in McLean, VA

Decisions
2,794
Approved
97.8%
Median certified wage
$112,924
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 218 8 9
FY2017 178 8 4
FY2018 303 5 18
FY2019 267 9 6
FY2020 239 6 7
FY2021 284 4 16
FY2022 228 1 11
FY2023 217 6 24
FY2024 207 1 10
FY2025 272 5 15
FY2026 192 6 10

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 1,353
  • Bachelor's 668
  • Doctorate 119
  • None 68
  • High School 26
  • Other 24
  • Associate's 12

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,907
  • F-1 126
  • L-1 49
  • NOT IN USA 18
  • B-2 15
  • TN 14
  • G-4 13
  • TPS 10
  • J-1 8
  • E-2 8

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.