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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Miami Lakes, FL

Decisions
253
Approved
89.8%
Median certified wage
$71,074
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 21 1 0
FY2017 21 0 1
FY2018 22 3 2
FY2019 11 9 1
FY2020 19 6 0
FY2021 21 0 0
FY2022 18 3 1
FY2023 15 1 1
FY2024 21 1 1
FY2025 39 0 0
FY2026 13 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 24
  • Art Dealers 20
  • Engineering Services 16
  • Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 6
  • Offices of Lawyers 5
  • Other Activities Related to Real Estate 5
  • General Freight Trucking, Local 4
  • Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 4
  • Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers 3
  • Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 3

Countries of citizenship

  • Venezuela 64
  • India 34
  • Argentina 16
  • Colombia 12
  • South Africa 7
  • Spain 6
  • Portugal 6
  • China 5
  • Brazil 4
  • Mexico 4

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 81
  • Master's 43
  • High School 28
  • None 25
  • Associate's 10
  • Other 4
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 54
  • B-2 26
  • F-1 19
  • E-2 16
  • NOT IN USA 15
  • L-1 4
  • F-2 4
  • TN 4
  • L-2 3
  • B-1 3

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.