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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in South San Francisco, CA

Decisions
1,296
Approved
98.1%
Median certified wage
$140,078
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 92 2 5
FY2017 87 2 2
FY2018 130 1 1
FY2019 82 6 2
FY2020 59 2 2
FY2021 89 1 4
FY2022 78 3 4
FY2023 122 0 7
FY2024 134 2 6
FY2025 230 2 19
FY2026 113 2 5

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Worker's education

  • Master's 469
  • Bachelor's 249
  • Doctorate 117
  • High School 21
  • Other 19
  • None 15
  • Associate's 4

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 659
  • L-1 90
  • F-1 38
  • TN 29
  • NOT IN USA 13
  • O-1 9
  • H-4 8
  • B-2 5
  • E-3 3
  • J-1 3

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.