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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Sunnyvale, CA

Decisions
17,136
Approved
98.8%
Median certified wage
$140,400
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 2,064 47 54
FY2017 1,277 30 28
FY2018 1,758 12 54
FY2019 1,179 15 32
FY2020 1,353 8 30
FY2021 1,668 11 58
FY2022 1,834 3 51
FY2023 1,408 13 88
FY2024 1,388 18 111
FY2025 1,347 7 95
FY2026 1,019 38 38

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 9,263
  • Bachelor's 4,174
  • Doctorate 539
  • None 198
  • Other 142
  • High School 12
  • Associate's 8

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 11,739
  • L-1 1,554
  • F-1 494
  • TN 177
  • H-4 52
  • NOT IN USA 46
  • E-2 42
  • O-1 31
  • L-2 28
  • E-3 23

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.