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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in San Francsico, CA

Decisions
26
Approved
100.0%
Median certified wage
$145,000
Years
FY2016 to FY2025

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 2 0 0
FY2017 2 0 0
FY2018 1 0 0
FY2019 4 0 0
FY2020 0 0 0
FY2021 8 0 1
FY2022 5 0 0
FY2023 0 0 0
FY2024 1 0 0
FY2025 2 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 13
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 4
  • Software Publishers 2
  • Miscellaneous Intermediation 1
  • Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Stores 1
  • All Other Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services 1
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 1
  • Women's Clothing Stores 1
  • All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 1
  • Engineering Services 1

Countries of citizenship

  • China 8
  • India 8
  • Canada 3
  • Germany 2
  • South Korea 1
  • Russia 1
  • Israel 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 18
  • Bachelor's 5
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 19
  • L-1 3
  • TN 2

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.