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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Somerset, NJ

Decisions
2,097
Approved
96.8%
Median certified wage
$100,547
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 289 8 23
FY2017 245 4 16
FY2018 319 10 4
FY2019 214 8 5
FY2020 167 2 6
FY2021 158 1 5
FY2022 178 4 7
FY2023 81 2 4
FY2024 108 3 6
FY2025 90 12 8
FY2026 98 10 2

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 992
  • Bachelor's 708
  • High School 92
  • None 22
  • Other 16
  • Associate's 15
  • Doctorate 13

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,577
  • F-1 51
  • L-1 40
  • H-4 12
  • NOT IN USA 8
  • E-2 8
  • E-3 7
  • J-1 5
  • B-2 5
  • L-2 4

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.