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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Riverwoods, IL

Decisions
1,273
Approved
99.6%
Median certified wage
$111,419
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 73 1 3
FY2017 48 0 2
FY2018 99 0 2
FY2019 64 0 0
FY2020 87 2 2
FY2021 116 0 0
FY2022 124 1 2
FY2023 72 0 0
FY2024 139 0 8
FY2025 151 1 24
FY2026 252 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Credit Card Issuing 752
  • Consumer Lending 413
  • Credit Card Issuing 36
  • Software Publishers 28
  • Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 10
  • Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 6
  • Software Publishers 4
  • Savings Institutions 3
  • Software Publishers 3
  • Commercial Banking 3

Countries of citizenship

  • India 615
  • China 180
  • Philippines 5
  • Poland 5
  • Taiwan 4
  • Iran 2
  • Sri Lanka 2
  • Canada 2
  • United States Of America 2
  • Mexico 2

Worker's education

  • Master's 415
  • Bachelor's 369
  • Doctorate 29
  • Other 13
  • None 3
  • High School 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 807
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • L-1 6
  • H-4 3
  • B-2 2
  • J-1 1
  • EWI 1
  • F-1 1
  • PAROLEE 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.