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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Mettawa, IL

Decisions
121
Approved
98.3%
Median certified wage
$125,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 11 0 0
FY2017 4 0 0
FY2018 7 1 1
FY2019 13 0 0
FY2020 9 0 0
FY2021 15 0 0
FY2022 22 0 1
FY2023 6 0 2
FY2024 8 0 0
FY2025 13 0 0
FY2026 7 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 76
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 11
  • Boat Building 11
  • Commercial Banking 9
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 5
  • Chemical Manufacturing 3
  • Ship and Boat Building 3
  • Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 3

Countries of citizenship

  • India 71
  • China 6
  • Colombia 4
  • Brazil 4
  • Egypt 3
  • Taiwan 2
  • Mexico 2
  • South Africa 1
  • Canada 1
  • Italy 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 58
  • Bachelor's 33
  • Other 4
  • Doctorate 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 85
  • L-1 13

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.