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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Menlo Park, CA

Decisions
8,663
Approved
97.6%
Median certified wage
$145,597
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 717 7 11
FY2017 668 5 19
FY2018 1,275 2 14
FY2019 1,161 1 12
FY2020 1,189 1 11
FY2021 221 3 68
FY2022 220 7 365
FY2023 1,200 74 351
FY2024 440 81 22
FY2025 319 1 17
FY2026 173 2 6

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 5,512
  • Bachelor's 1,887
  • Doctorate 556
  • None 131
  • Other 25
  • High School 11
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 6,548
  • F-1 833
  • L-1 353
  • TN 148
  • E-3 52
  • O-1 42
  • NOT IN USA 23
  • E-2 20
  • L-2 17
  • H-4 15

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.