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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Naperville, IL

Decisions
1,283
Approved
97.2%
Median certified wage
$97,781
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 189 1 0
FY2017 109 7 8
FY2018 149 5 5
FY2019 83 3 5
FY2020 80 4 3
FY2021 79 1 6
FY2022 92 5 3
FY2023 97 3 6
FY2024 85 3 4
FY2025 125 0 7
FY2026 110 2 4

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 864
  • China 37
  • Pakistan 13
  • Brazil 11
  • South Korea 10
  • Mexico 9
  • Canada 8
  • Nepal 6
  • United Kingdom 6
  • Bangladesh 5

Worker's education

  • Master's 564
  • Bachelor's 384
  • None 38
  • Doctorate 18
  • Other 14
  • High School 6
  • Associate's 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 822
  • F-1 46
  • NOT IN USA 24
  • L-1 22
  • H-2B 6
  • E-2 4
  • PAROLEE 4
  • H-4 3
  • O-1 2
  • B-2 2

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.