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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Rockville, MD

Decisions
1,774
Approved
95.1%
Median certified wage
$96,595
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 227 9 6
FY2017 126 20 10
FY2018 183 9 5
FY2019 100 12 5
FY2020 97 8 11
FY2021 208 6 4
FY2022 147 3 2
FY2023 135 4 10
FY2024 167 6 5
FY2025 143 3 9
FY2026 87 3 4

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Worker's education

  • Master's 713
  • Bachelor's 516
  • None 160
  • High School 47
  • Doctorate 31
  • Associate's 21
  • Other 18

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,051
  • F-1 111
  • NOT IN USA 79
  • A1/A2 24
  • L-1 18
  • B-2 18
  • TN 14
  • E-2 13
  • EWI 12
  • TPS 9

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.