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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Sacramento, CA

Decisions
1,038
Approved
91.9%
Median certified wage
$94,328
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 57 4 2
FY2017 77 9 20
FY2018 119 11 3
FY2019 66 6 1
FY2020 73 3 4
FY2021 59 4 2
FY2022 56 5 10
FY2023 69 17 10
FY2024 75 5 31
FY2025 112 4 6
FY2026 106 9 3

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Worker's education

  • Master's 274
  • Bachelor's 224
  • None 132
  • Doctorate 54
  • Other 43
  • High School 30
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 401
  • F-1 77
  • L-1 30
  • NOT IN USA 19
  • TN 15
  • E-2 11
  • E-1 10
  • B-2 9
  • J-1 5
  • F-2 5

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.