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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Pigeon Forge, TN

Decisions
57
Approved
83.0%
Median certified wage
$23,660
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1 0 0
FY2017 0 0 0
FY2018 0 0 0
FY2019 1 0 0
FY2020 1 0 0
FY2021 0 0 0
FY2022 0 0 0
FY2023 0 0 0
FY2024 2 7 1
FY2025 0 1 2
FY2026 39 1 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Full-Service Restaurants 27
  • Limited-Service Restaurants 14
  • Janitorial Services 6
  • Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Retailers 3
  • Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing 1
  • Lessors of Residential Buildings and Dwellings 1
  • Amusement Parks and Arcades 1
  • Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores 1
  • New Housing For-Sale Builders 1
  • Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Honduras 8
  • Mexico 1
  • Turkey 1
  • Brazil 1
  • Ukraine 1

Worker's education

  • None 7
  • High School 3
  • Bachelor's 1
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-2B 7
  • B-2 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • EWI 1
  • TPS 1
  • P-3 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.