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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Orem, UT

Decisions
490
Approved
44.6%
Median certified wage
$27,040
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 8 3 0
FY2017 5 0 0
FY2018 8 0 0
FY2019 19 0 14
FY2020 22 185 10
FY2021 44 57 3
FY2022 7 3 0
FY2023 10 4 1
FY2024 37 0 2
FY2025 20 0 2
FY2026 24 1 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Employment Services 301
  • Landscaping Services 31
  • Clothing Accessories Stores 28
  • Full-Service Restaurants 17
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 16
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 10
  • Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers 7
  • Limited-Service Restaurants 7
  • Language Schools 6
  • Software Publishers 4

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • High School 218
  • None 86
  • Bachelor's 80
  • Master's 19
  • Associate's 19
  • Doctorate 10
  • Other 8

Visa held when filed

  • B-2 191
  • NOT IN USA 70
  • F-1 46
  • H-2B 34
  • H-1B 33
  • E-2 10
  • B-1 9
  • F-2 8
  • J-1 5
  • EWI 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.