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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Seattle, WA

Decisions
38,996
Approved
99.4%
Median certified wage
$113,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 2,185 20 44
FY2017 2,085 7 39
FY2018 4,835 20 82
FY2019 3,587 16 57
FY2020 3,529 25 44
FY2021 4,910 8 68
FY2022 5,521 23 198
FY2023 5,640 41 352
FY2024 2,969 21 73
FY2025 1,442 13 81
FY2026 931 21 109

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 23,933
  • Bachelor's 10,047
  • Doctorate 1,321
  • None 661
  • Other 159
  • High School 42
  • Associate's 14

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 25,527
  • L-1 4,371
  • F-1 3,670
  • TN 1,345
  • E-3 391
  • H-4 135
  • H-1B1 93
  • NOT IN USA 89
  • O-1 87
  • L-2 76

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.