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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Oakland, CA

Decisions
1,526
Approved
96.6%
Median certified wage
$140,743
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 110 8 4
FY2017 86 3 1
FY2018 107 5 6
FY2019 92 6 0
FY2020 84 11 4
FY2021 113 3 1
FY2022 114 6 3
FY2023 86 3 4
FY2024 155 0 22
FY2025 257 3 28
FY2026 190 1 10

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Worker's education

  • Master's 565
  • Bachelor's 326
  • None 43
  • Doctorate 33
  • High School 19
  • Other 16
  • Associate's 4

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 767
  • F-1 67
  • L-1 41
  • NOT IN USA 22
  • TN 21
  • E-2 13
  • E-3 7
  • J-1 5
  • F-2 5
  • O-1 4

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.