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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Smyrna, GA

Decisions
153
Approved
89.0%
Median certified wage
$48,246
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 16 2 2
FY2017 13 7 2
FY2018 8 1 0
FY2019 7 1 0
FY2020 5 3 0
FY2021 6 0 0
FY2022 8 0 0
FY2023 6 0 1
FY2024 33 1 0
FY2025 10 0 1
FY2026 18 1 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 28
  • Couriers and Express Delivery Services 19
  • Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing 11
  • Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 9
  • Landscaping Services 7
  • Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers 7
  • Computer Systems Design Services 6
  • Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction 4
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing 4
  • Full-Service Restaurants 4

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 32
  • India 21
  • Brazil 10
  • El Salvador 8
  • Venezuela 7
  • France 7
  • Mexico 7
  • United Kingdom 4
  • Pakistan 4
  • Turkey 2

Worker's education

  • None 36
  • Bachelor's 33
  • Master's 21
  • High School 16
  • Associate's 9
  • Other 4
  • Doctorate 2

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 36
  • L-1 22
  • H-1B 22
  • F-1 9
  • H-2B 7
  • B-2 5
  • PAROLEE 2
  • F-2 2
  • TN 2
  • L-2 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.