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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Portage, MI

Decisions
104
Approved
94.1%
Median certified wage
$106,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 12 0 0
FY2017 4 0 0
FY2018 2 2 1
FY2019 16 0 1
FY2020 5 1 0
FY2021 5 0 0
FY2022 7 0 0
FY2023 9 0 0
FY2024 5 0 1
FY2025 20 0 0
FY2026 10 3 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing 50
  • Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 22
  • Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 6
  • Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 4
  • Nail Salons 2
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2
  • Plastics Product Manufacturing 2
  • Other Individual and Family Services 1
  • Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) 1
  • Motor Vehicle Supplies and New Parts Merchant Wholesalers 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 46
  • Canada 4
  • Pakistan 3
  • Mexico 2
  • Japan 2
  • China 2
  • Turkey 1
  • Jordan 1
  • Bangladesh 1
  • Iran 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 44
  • Bachelor's 20
  • Doctorate 3
  • None 2
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 59
  • F-1 4
  • L-1 2
  • H-4 2
  • NOT IN USA 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.