PERM jobs in Nashville, TN
- Decisions
- 1,917
- Approved
- 95.4%
- Median certified wage
- $96,350
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 99 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 102 | 6 | 4 |
| FY2018 | 171 | 6 | 6 |
| FY2019 | 109 | 7 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 115 | 8 | 4 |
| FY2021 | 169 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 163 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 247 | 7 | 7 |
| FY2024 | 203 | 25 | 13 |
| FY2025 | 228 | 5 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 169 | 13 | 6 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 348
- Software Developers 124
- Computer Systems Analysts 110
- Computer Occupations, All Other 108
- Software Developers, Systems Software 68
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Ten 63
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 61
- Nursing Assistants 54
- Statisticians 46
- Computer Systems Analysts 45
Industries
- Other Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers 180
- Management of Companies and Enterprises 160
- Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 127
- Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 107
- Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing 102
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 98
- Custom Computer Programming Services 62
- Investment Advice 61
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 60
- Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing 59
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 691
- Bachelor's 463
- None 173
- Doctorate 60
- Other 28
- Associate's 21
- High School 14
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,054
- NOT IN USA 106
- L-1 73
- F-1 61
- TN 22
- H-2B 15
- B-2 10
- TPS 10
- EWI 7
- F-2 6
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.