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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in SeaTac, WA

Decisions
92
Approved
89.8%
Median certified wage
$33,280
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 8 0 0
FY2017 0 0 0
FY2018 1 0 0
FY2019 10 0 0
FY2020 15 0 0
FY2021 0 0 0
FY2022 0 0 1
FY2023 34 9 2
FY2024 6 0 0
FY2025 3 0 1
FY2026 2 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Home Health Care Services 83
  • Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 5
  • Other Support Activities for Air Transportation 1
  • Marketing Consulting Services 1
  • Flight Training 1
  • Freight Transportation Arrangement 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Philippines 59
  • Ghana 12
  • Nigeria 11
  • South Korea 2
  • India 1
  • Nepal 1

Worker's education

  • None 75
  • High School 5
  • Bachelor's 4
  • Master's 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 8
  • F-1 1
  • H-1B 1
  • L-1 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.