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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Melrose Park, IL

Decisions
56
Approved
96.2%
Median certified wage
$61,500
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 4 0 0
FY2017 1 1 0
FY2018 2 0 0
FY2019 5 0 2
FY2020 5 0 0
FY2021 6 0 0
FY2022 0 0 1
FY2023 11 0 0
FY2024 2 0 0
FY2025 3 1 0
FY2026 12 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Freight Transportation Arrangement 15
  • General Freight Trucking 8
  • Machine Shops 8
  • General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance 3
  • Machine Shops 3
  • General Automotive Repair 3
  • Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 2
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 2
  • Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing 2
  • Heavy Duty Truck Manufacturing 2

Countries of citizenship

  • India 10
  • Ukraine 8
  • Poland 6
  • Bulgaria 4
  • South Korea 3
  • Iran 2
  • China 2
  • Moldova 1
  • Spain 1
  • Russia 1

Worker's education

  • None 11
  • Master's 10
  • High School 10
  • Other 5
  • Bachelor's 2
  • Doctorate 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 15
  • F-1 4
  • J-1 3
  • F-2 2
  • B-1 2
  • TN 1
  • B-2 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.