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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Sugar Land, TX

Decisions
726
Approved
94.7%
Median certified wage
$85,862
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 99 4 2
FY2017 70 5 7
FY2018 97 4 4
FY2019 49 2 1
FY2020 32 1 1
FY2021 46 0 2
FY2022 55 3 1
FY2023 31 8 6
FY2024 69 3 2
FY2025 68 1 2
FY2026 41 6 4

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Worker's education

  • Master's 264
  • Bachelor's 212
  • None 59
  • Doctorate 23
  • High School 19
  • Associate's 12
  • Other 5

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 244
  • L-1 45
  • NOT IN USA 31
  • F-1 27
  • B-2 18
  • E-2 16
  • TN 12
  • F-2 5
  • O-1 3
  • B-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.