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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Plainsboro, NJ

Decisions
3,914
Approved
96.4%
Median certified wage
$96,750
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 285 10 18
FY2017 203 9 4
FY2018 251 9 8
FY2019 254 4 3
FY2020 366 5 4
FY2021 489 3 4
FY2022 458 9 8
FY2023 328 10 16
FY2024 235 37 7
FY2025 416 34 6
FY2026 408 7 6

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 2,859
  • China 42
  • Nepal 19
  • Mexico 9
  • France 7
  • Pakistan 6
  • United States Of America 5
  • Canada 5
  • Philippines 5
  • Sri Lanka 5

Worker's education

  • Master's 1,522
  • Bachelor's 1,456
  • Other 9
  • Doctorate 7
  • Associate's 4
  • None 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 2,701
  • F-1 151
  • H-4 51
  • L-1 49
  • L-2 18
  • B-2 7
  • PAROLEE 5
  • E-3 2
  • E-2 2
  • TN 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.