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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Smyrna, TN

Decisions
55
Approved
92.3%
Median certified wage
$80,350
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1 1
FY2017 9 1 0
FY2018 7 0 0
FY2019 4 1 0
FY2020 2 1 0
FY2021 4 0 0
FY2022 0 0 0
FY2023 1 0 0
FY2024 5 0 1
FY2025 9 0 0
FY2026 5 0 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 17
  • Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 5
  • Battery Manufacturing 4
  • Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation 4
  • Other Commercial Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 3
  • Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing 2
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 2
  • Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 2
  • Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 2
  • Other Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers 2

Countries of citizenship

  • India 13
  • Mexico 6
  • Switzerland 2
  • South Korea 2
  • Brazil 2
  • Argentina 2
  • China 1
  • France 1
  • Philippines 1
  • Bolivia 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 20
  • Master's 13
  • None 4
  • Other 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 24
  • L-1 9
  • E-2 2
  • F-1 2
  • NOT IN USA 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.