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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Smithfield, RI

Decisions
161
Approved
98.7%
Median certified wage
$107,162
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 33 1 0
FY2017 17 0 0
FY2018 15 0 0
FY2019 6 0 0
FY2020 6 0 0
FY2021 10 0 0
FY2022 12 0 0
FY2023 12 0 0
FY2024 12 0 0
FY2025 18 0 0
FY2026 16 1 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities 65
  • All Other Financial Investment Activities 47
  • Pharmacies and Drug Stores 22
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 10
  • Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers 6
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 2
  • Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 2
  • Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences 2
  • Diagnostic Imaging Centers 1
  • Engineering Services 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 103
  • China 6
  • Canada 2
  • Turkey 2
  • Vietnam 2
  • Ireland 2
  • Ghana 1
  • Brazil 1
  • Lebanon 1
  • Netherlands 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 60
  • Master's 51
  • Doctorate 8
  • None 4
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 112
  • L-1 9
  • H-4 1
  • PAROLEE 1
  • F-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.