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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Sarasota, FL

Decisions
320
Approved
88.6%
Median certified wage
$61,576
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 26 4 0
FY2017 14 4 0
FY2018 31 5 1
FY2019 21 2 1
FY2020 17 6 0
FY2021 30 1 2
FY2022 13 3 0
FY2023 23 5 3
FY2024 25 3 3
FY2025 36 1 3
FY2026 36 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers 21
  • Full-Service Restaurants 14
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 12
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 11
  • Tile and Terrazzo Contractors 8
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 8
  • Tax Preparation Services 7
  • All Other Specialty Trade Contractors 7
  • Private Households 6
  • Fine Arts Schools 6

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • None 79
  • Bachelor's 63
  • Master's 41
  • High School 27
  • Doctorate 12
  • Other 8
  • Associate's 6

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 71
  • E-2 58
  • B-2 9
  • TN 9
  • L-1 7
  • F-1 6
  • O-1 6
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • E-3 3
  • E-1 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.