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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Midland, TX

Decisions
224
Approved
87.9%
Median certified wage
$98,738
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 10 2 0
FY2017 3 2 3
FY2018 11 0 0
FY2019 18 0 2
FY2020 11 1 0
FY2021 11 2 0
FY2022 13 11 0
FY2023 16 2 3
FY2024 13 2 1
FY2025 55 1 5
FY2026 20 2 4

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations 28
  • Engineering Services 22
  • Oil and Gas Extraction 15
  • Computer Systems Design Services 12
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 11
  • Nail Salons 11
  • Drilling Oil and Gas Wells 11
  • Oil and Gas Extraction 7
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 7
  • Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 6

Countries of citizenship

  • India 33
  • Canada 22
  • Mexico 20
  • South Korea 11
  • Colombia 8
  • China 7
  • Argentina 4
  • Venezuela 4
  • Nigeria 3
  • Pakistan 3

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 44
  • Master's 27
  • Other 26
  • None 24
  • Doctorate 6
  • High School 5
  • Associate's 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 68
  • L-1 22
  • TN 13
  • F-1 9
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • B-2 3
  • B-1 3
  • PAROLEE 1
  • L-2 1
  • E-2 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.