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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Southaven, MS

Decisions
71
Approved
91.2%
Median certified wage
$47,715
Years
FY2016 to FY2025

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 0 0
FY2017 1 1 0
FY2018 2 0 0
FY2019 4 0 3
FY2020 2 2 0
FY2021 1 0 0
FY2022 26 1 0
FY2023 20 0 0
FY2024 3 0 0
FY2025 1 2 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload 41
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 6
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 4
  • Offices of Physicians 3
  • All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 3
  • Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing 2
  • Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 2
  • Full-Service Restaurants 2
  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 2
  • Medical Laboratories 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Mexico 11
  • India 10
  • Nepal 10
  • China 7
  • Colombia 3
  • Pakistan 3
  • Albania 3
  • Brazil 2
  • Romania 2
  • Macedonia 2

Worker's education

  • None 50
  • Other 7
  • Master's 6
  • Bachelor's 3
  • High School 1
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 41
  • H-1B 14
  • L-1 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.