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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Newport News, VA

Decisions
209
Approved
95.0%
Median certified wage
$66,851
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 16 2 0
FY2017 13 3 0
FY2018 16 2 0
FY2019 9 0 0
FY2020 13 0 0
FY2021 14 0 0
FY2022 7 2 0
FY2023 19 0 6
FY2024 32 0 2
FY2025 19 0 1
FY2026 32 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Landscaping Services 33
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 20
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 16
  • Janitorial Services 16
  • Construction Machinery Manufacturing 12
  • Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers 12
  • Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 11
  • Full-Service Restaurants 7
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 6
  • Semiconductor Machinery Manufacturing 5

Countries of citizenship

  • India 35
  • Brazil 23
  • Mexico 14
  • South Korea 8
  • China 7
  • Ghana 5
  • Pakistan 5
  • Philippines 5
  • Germany 5
  • Canada 4

Worker's education

  • None 42
  • Master's 36
  • Bachelor's 24
  • Other 22
  • Doctorate 14
  • High School 8
  • Associate's 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 65
  • F-1 15
  • L-1 11
  • H-2B 7
  • J-1 5
  • F-2 3
  • O-1 2
  • B-2 2
  • EWI 2
  • TPS 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.