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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Merrillville, IN

Decisions
31
Approved
92.9%
Median certified wage
$85,951
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 2 1 0
FY2017 1 0 0
FY2018 4 0 1
FY2019 1 0 0
FY2020 2 0 0
FY2021 2 0 1
FY2022 0 0 0
FY2023 5 0 0
FY2024 3 0 0
FY2025 4 1 1
FY2026 2 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices 6
  • General Freight Trucking 4
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 4
  • Electric Power Distribution 3
  • Offices of Dentists 2
  • Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities 2
  • Specialized Freight Trucking 1
  • Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing 1
  • Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers 1
  • Home Health Care Services 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 12
  • Taiwan 2
  • China 2
  • Nigeria 2
  • Pakistan 2
  • Madagascar 1
  • Palestine 1
  • United States Of America 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 14
  • Other 3
  • Bachelor's 3
  • Associate's 1
  • High School 1
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 19
  • F-1 2
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • H-4 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.