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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Reading, PA

Decisions
289
Approved
90.4%
Median certified wage
$89,440
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 51 2 0
FY2017 24 2 1
FY2018 38 0 0
FY2019 23 0 1
FY2020 16 0 0
FY2021 24 0 0
FY2022 21 0 2
FY2023 20 0 2
FY2024 9 21 0
FY2025 15 0 0
FY2026 14 2 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Custom Computer Programming Services 140
  • Other Support Activities for Road Transportation 40
  • Limited-Service Restaurants 21
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 13
  • Battery Manufacturing 11
  • Storage Battery Manufacturing 11
  • Marketing Consulting Services 10
  • Primary Battery Manufacturing 3
  • Pharmacies and Drug Stores 3
  • Engineering Services 3

Countries of citizenship

  • India 196
  • Nepal 7
  • Bangladesh 7
  • Mexico 7
  • Vietnam 6
  • China 5
  • Canada 4
  • Pakistan 3
  • Poland 3
  • Uzbekistan 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 112
  • Master's 102
  • None 22
  • Doctorate 15
  • Other 4
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 210
  • F-1 14
  • L-1 7
  • TN 6
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • H-4 3
  • J-1 2
  • PAROLEE 2
  • L-2 1
  • B-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.