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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Metairie, LA

Decisions
120
Approved
92.2%
Median certified wage
$49,920
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 5 1 0
FY2017 12 2 0
FY2018 14 3 3
FY2019 9 2 0
FY2020 6 0 0
FY2021 0 0 0
FY2022 2 0 0
FY2023 7 0 0
FY2024 4 1 0
FY2025 39 0 1
FY2026 9 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 28
  • All Other Personal Services 12
  • Engineering Services 11
  • Full-Service Restaurants 8
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 6
  • Offices of Certified Public Accountants 5
  • Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 5
  • Elementary and Secondary Schools 4
  • Offices of Dentists 4
  • Elementary and Secondary Schools 3

Countries of citizenship

  • India 12
  • Haiti 12
  • Nepal 9
  • China 6
  • South Korea 4
  • Bangladesh 3
  • Mexico 2
  • Guatemala 2
  • Argentina 1
  • Canada 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 23
  • Bachelor's 16
  • High School 14
  • Other 7
  • None 5
  • Doctorate 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 27
  • F-1 13
  • L-1 6
  • E-2 5
  • TPS 2
  • B-2 2
  • J-1 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.