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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in New Bedford, MA

Decisions
55
Approved
94.3%
Median certified wage
$125,795
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 3 1 1
FY2017 3 0 0
FY2018 7 0 0
FY2019 3 0 1
FY2020 3 1 0
FY2021 0 0 0
FY2022 5 0 0
FY2023 4 0 0
FY2024 9 0 0
FY2025 10 0 0
FY2026 3 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 19
  • Offices of Dentists 8
  • Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) 6
  • Packing and Crating 3
  • Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers 3
  • General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers 3
  • Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores 2
  • Engineering Services 1
  • Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 1
  • Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 11
  • Portugal 6
  • Nepal 4
  • Brazil 4
  • Canada 2
  • Dominican Republic 2
  • Pakistan 1
  • Ireland 1
  • Romania 1
  • China 1

Worker's education

  • Other 19
  • Master's 5
  • None 5
  • High School 4
  • Bachelor's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 25
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • E-2 1
  • L-1 1
  • F-1 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.