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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Ruston, LA

Decisions
66
Approved
98.4%
Median certified wage
$72,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 6 0 2
FY2017 13 0 3
FY2018 6 1 0
FY2019 7 0 0
FY2020 3 0 0
FY2021 6 0 0
FY2022 6 0 0
FY2023 3 0 0
FY2024 4 0 0
FY2025 3 0 0
FY2026 3 0 0

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 29
  • China 8
  • Nepal 4
  • Canada 3
  • Iran 2
  • Greece 2
  • St Lucia 1
  • Cote d'ivoire 1
  • Dominica 1
  • Kazakhstan 1

Worker's education

  • Doctorate 23
  • Master's 21
  • Bachelor's 14
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 43
  • F-1 15

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.