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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Santa Maria, CA

Decisions
58
Approved
89.5%
Median certified wage
$65,000
Years
FY2017 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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2017 10 1 0
FY2018 8 2 0
FY2019 5 0 0
FY2020 3 1 0
FY2021 2 0 0
FY2022 4 0 1
FY2023 4 2 0
FY2024 7 0 0
FY2025 5 0 0
FY2026 3 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) 6
  • Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 6
  • Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover 6
  • Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly 4
  • Full-Service Restaurants 3
  • Offices of Dentists 3
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 3
  • Aircraft Manufacturing 3
  • Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities 2
  • Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 2

Countries of citizenship

  • Mexico 15
  • Philippines 10
  • India 7
  • Chile 3
  • Venezuela 2
  • Costa Rica 2
  • Thailand 2
  • Iran 1
  • South Africa 1
  • El Salvador 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 16
  • High School 13
  • Other 7
  • Master's 7
  • None 4
  • Associate's 2
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 14
  • TN 7
  • NOT IN USA 5
  • H-1B1 3
  • EWI 2
  • B-2 2
  • E-2 2
  • 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.