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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in San Marcos, CA

Decisions
106
Approved
87.8%
Median certified wage
$76,947
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 7 1 0
FY2017 6 0 1
FY2018 13 1 1
FY2019 7 1 0
FY2020 12 2 0
FY2021 8 0 0
FY2022 5 0 0
FY2023 7 0 0
FY2024 2 6 4
FY2025 10 1 2
FY2026 9 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 32
  • Horses and Other Equine Production 13
  • Other Computer Related Services 8
  • Full-Service Restaurants 5
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 4
  • Plastics Product Manufacturing 3
  • Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers 3
  • Real Estate Property Managers 2
  • Limited-Service Restaurants 2
  • Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing 2

Countries of citizenship

  • Mexico 22
  • South Korea 15
  • India 10
  • China 7
  • Canada 4
  • Brazil 3
  • Iran 3
  • Netherlands 2
  • Thailand 2
  • Slovenia 1

Worker's education

  • None 27
  • Bachelor's 18
  • Doctorate 14
  • Master's 10
  • High School 5
  • Other 5
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 29
  • F-1 15
  • TN 4
  • NOT IN USA 3
  • E-2 1
  • M-1 1
  • TPS 1
  • L-1 1
  • H-2B 1

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.