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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Springfield, IL

Decisions
877
Approved
93.2%
Median certified wage
$89,150
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 146 9 11
FY2017 84 2 0
FY2018 97 3 4
FY2019 82 1 2
FY2020 75 0 4
FY2021 85 4 1
FY2022 64 28 24
FY2023 73 2 0
FY2024 24 6 3
FY2025 30 1 0
FY2026 12 0 0

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 719
  • Pakistan 14
  • Nepal 11
  • China 11
  • Canada 8
  • Philippines 6
  • South Korea 6
  • Nigeria 5
  • Iran 5
  • Taiwan 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 449
  • Bachelor's 247
  • Other 97
  • Doctorate 25
  • Associate's 2
  • High School 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 749
  • F-1 51
  • J-1 4
  • B-2 3
  • TN 2
  • H-4 2
  • E-3 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • O-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.