PERM jobs in Milwaukee, WI
- Decisions
- 1,490
- Approved
- 97.2%
- Median certified wage
- $104,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 178 | 6 | 12 |
| FY2017 | 98 | 6 | 6 |
| FY2018 | 164 | 7 | 8 |
| FY2019 | 81 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 95 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 123 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 69 | 1 | 10 |
| FY2023 | 103 | 7 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 129 | 0 | 12 |
| FY2025 | 140 | 5 | 10 |
| FY2026 | 197 | 2 | 2 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 210
- Software Developers, Applications 208
- Software Developers 160
- Computer Occupations, All Other 58
- Computer Systems Analysts 57
- Computer Systems Analysts 49
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 33
- Internists, General 31
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 30
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 29
Industries
- Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 217
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 158
- Insurance Carriers 154
- Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services 118
- Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing 88
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 74
- Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 45
- Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing 40
- Custom Computer Programming Services 40
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 37
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 430
- Master's 394
- Other 118
- Doctorate 95
- None 45
- High School 14
- Associate's 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 911
- L-1 49
- F-1 35
- TN 10
- B-2 7
- E-2 5
- P-1 5
- NOT IN USA 5
- B-1 4
- H-4 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.