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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in North Chicago, IL

Decisions
272
Approved
98.9%
Median certified wage
$115,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 31 0 0
FY2017 13 0 0
FY2018 29 1 1
FY2019 23 1 0
FY2020 21 1 0
FY2021 21 0 0
FY2022 39 0 1
FY2023 23 0 1
FY2024 4 0 2
FY2025 30 0 0
FY2026 30 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 208
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 44
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 14
  • Chemical Manufacturing 2
  • Computer Systems Design Services 2
  • Elementary and Secondary Schools 1
  • Elementary and Secondary Schools 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 105
  • China 60
  • Canada 7
  • Brazil 5
  • South Korea 3
  • Nigeria 3
  • France 3
  • Egypt 3
  • Mexico 3
  • Australia 3

Worker's education

  • Master's 102
  • Doctorate 67
  • Bachelor's 38
  • Other 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 179
  • L-1 14
  • O-1 5
  • PAROLEE 3
  • F-1 2
  • E-3 2
  • H-4 1
  • J-1 1
  • E-2 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.