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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Minneapolis, MN

Decisions
3,288
Approved
98.3%
Median certified wage
$107,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 232 9 4
FY2017 181 9 7
FY2018 269 3 12
FY2019 215 4 5
FY2020 209 4 3
FY2021 226 4 17
FY2022 360 5 15
FY2023 341 4 22
FY2024 350 5 28
FY2025 441 4 22
FY2026 268 2 8

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Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 1,082
  • Master's 1,045
  • Doctorate 149
  • None 79
  • Other 74
  • High School 25
  • Associate's 9

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 2,096
  • L-1 75
  • F-1 73
  • NOT IN USA 47
  • TN 26
  • E-2 8
  • E-3 7
  • H-4 7
  • J-1 7
  • TPS 5

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.