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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Sterling Heights, MI

Decisions
186
Approved
91.7%
Median certified wage
$84,032
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 13 0 0
FY2017 13 1 0
FY2018 19 2 1
FY2019 14 2 2
FY2020 17 1 0
FY2021 10 0 0
FY2022 6 0 0
FY2023 12 0 0
FY2024 19 5 2
FY2025 17 1 0
FY2026 25 3 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Engineering Services 12
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 12
  • Full-Service Restaurants 10
  • Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 8
  • Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing 7
  • Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 6
  • Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing 6
  • Home Health Care Services 5
  • Engineering Services 5
  • Specialty Food Retailers 5

Countries of citizenship

  • India 38
  • Canada 16
  • Mexico 14
  • South Korea 10
  • South Africa 8
  • Philippines 6
  • China 6
  • Albania 5
  • Brazil 4
  • Germany 4

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 50
  • Master's 41
  • None 22
  • Other 11
  • High School 9
  • Associate's 4

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 70
  • L-1 15
  • TN 12
  • B-2 5
  • H-2B 3
  • F-1 3
  • E-2 2
  • E-1 2
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • E-3 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.