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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Portsmouth, NH

Decisions
145
Approved
93.6%
Median certified wage
$110,199
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 15 0 0
FY2017 9 2 0
FY2018 17 1 0
FY2019 16 0 0
FY2020 5 0 0
FY2021 3 0 0
FY2022 6 0 0
FY2023 16 1 0
FY2024 15 1 2
FY2025 12 0 1
FY2026 18 4 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Custom Computer Programming Services 27
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 12
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 11
  • Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 10
  • Software Publishers 9
  • Computer Systems Design Services 8
  • Full-Service Restaurants 8
  • Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 7
  • Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers 6
  • Commercial Banking 5

Countries of citizenship

  • India 59
  • China 8
  • Canada 8
  • Thailand 7
  • France 3
  • United Kingdom 2
  • Mexico 2
  • Pakistan 2
  • Sri Lanka 1
  • Guatemala 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 51
  • Bachelor's 32
  • Other 14
  • None 8
  • Doctorate 1
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 81
  • TN 7
  • L-1 6
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • J-1 3
  • F-1 2
  • H-4 1
  • B-2 1
  • E-2 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.