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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in San Diego, CA

Decisions
9,504
Approved
97.7%
Median certified wage
$107,328
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 781 19 28
FY2017 1,083 21 19
FY2018 1,090 22 24
FY2019 681 28 23
FY2020 864 9 35
FY2021 915 16 20
FY2022 843 21 38
FY2023 798 23 38
FY2024 621 19 39
FY2025 752 14 32
FY2026 543 20 25

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 4,592
  • Bachelor's 2,149
  • None 476
  • Doctorate 468
  • Other 149
  • High School 121
  • Associate's 34

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 5,766
  • L-1 610
  • F-1 451
  • NOT IN USA 205
  • TN 200
  • E-2 135
  • B-2 48
  • H-4 33
  • O-1 27
  • J-1 23

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.