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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Miami, FL

Decisions
9,674
Approved
88.7%
Median certified wage
$62,504
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 739 49 24
FY2017 813 65 33
FY2018 827 217 39
FY2019 642 143 45
FY2020 572 120 33
FY2021 602 61 53
FY2022 573 67 32
FY2023 507 196 75
FY2024 754 60 77
FY2025 1,125 20 51
FY2026 975 38 47

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 2,764
  • None 1,925
  • Master's 1,278
  • High School 738
  • Other 240
  • Associate's 153
  • Doctorate 103

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,661
  • NOT IN USA 879
  • F-1 641
  • L-1 609
  • E-2 569
  • B-2 478
  • TN 126
  • F-2 91
  • B-1 66
  • H-1B1 49

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.