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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Newark, DE

Decisions
1,068
Approved
98.2%
Median certified wage
$105,851
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 136 9 7
FY2017 71 3 3
FY2018 75 3 3
FY2019 76 0 1
FY2020 86 1 1
FY2021 95 0 7
FY2022 106 0 5
FY2023 79 2 0
FY2024 78 0 2
FY2025 147 0 2
FY2026 65 1 4

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 645
  • China 68
  • Canada 18
  • Mexico 9
  • Chile 7
  • Nepal 6
  • Pakistan 6
  • Greece 5
  • United Kingdom 5
  • Taiwan 5

Worker's education

  • Master's 464
  • Bachelor's 275
  • Doctorate 62
  • Other 24
  • High School 7
  • None 6

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 678
  • F-1 71
  • L-1 44
  • NOT IN USA 8
  • J-1 6
  • TN 4
  • TPS 2
  • H-4 2
  • PAROLEE 2
  • H-1B1 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.