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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Orange, CA

Decisions
390
Approved
92.1%
Median certified wage
$71,100
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 39 5 1
FY2017 32 3 1
FY2018 33 3 6
FY2019 32 6 3
FY2020 52 3 2
FY2021 37 2 0
FY2022 19 2 0
FY2023 15 1 0
FY2024 27 2 4
FY2025 27 0 2
FY2026 25 2 4

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 106
  • Master's 82
  • None 71
  • High School 21
  • Doctorate 19
  • Associate's 13
  • Other 8

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 118
  • F-1 64
  • NOT IN USA 29
  • B-2 12
  • L-1 11
  • E-3 11
  • EWI 7
  • TN 4
  • E-2 4
  • F-2 3

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.