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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Research Triangle Park, NC

Decisions
895
Approved
98.6%
Median certified wage
$113,533
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 122 1 2
FY2017 80 2 3
FY2018 97 3 0
FY2019 97 2 2
FY2020 48 1 0
FY2021 59 2 0
FY2022 90 0 3
FY2023 56 0 1
FY2024 38 1 0
FY2025 76 0 10
FY2026 99 0 0

Top sponsors

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 563
  • Canada 27
  • China 21
  • Mexico 17
  • Brazil 9
  • Costa Rica 9
  • United Kingdom 4
  • Russia 4
  • Italy 3
  • Japan 3

Worker's education

  • Master's 321
  • Bachelor's 313
  • Other 39
  • None 18
  • Doctorate 13
  • High School 2
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 522
  • L-1 154
  • TN 9
  • H-4 2
  • PAROLEE 2
  • O-1 1
  • E-3 1
  • B-2 1
  • L-2 1
  • F-1 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.