Skip to main content

PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Oak Brook, IL

Decisions
445
Approved
98.8%
Median certified wage
$102,680
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 52 0 2
FY2017 43 1 1
FY2018 78 0 0
FY2019 26 0 1
FY2020 42 1 0
FY2021 38 0 1
FY2022 26 2 3
FY2023 32 0 0
FY2024 14 0 2
FY2025 32 0 1
FY2026 45 1 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 314
  • China 12
  • Brazil 8
  • Canada 4
  • Pakistan 3
  • Italy 3
  • Nepal 2
  • Australia 2
  • France 2
  • Nigeria 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 179
  • Master's 156
  • Other 13
  • None 11
  • Associate's 2
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 324
  • NOT IN USA 12
  • F-1 5
  • L-1 4
  • E-3 2
  • E-2 2
  • B-2 1
  • TN 1
  • H-4 1
  • PAROLEE 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.