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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in The Woodlands, TX

Decisions
589
Approved
95.9%
Median certified wage
$102,024
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 66 3 3
FY2017 41 4 5
FY2018 48 3 4
FY2019 37 1 2
FY2020 24 1 0
FY2021 39 1 1
FY2022 53 2 2
FY2023 44 3 1
FY2024 37 1 3
FY2025 69 1 9
FY2026 75 3 3

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 203
  • Mexico 43
  • Canada 38
  • United Kingdom 18
  • Brazil 12
  • Spain 10
  • China 10
  • Venezuela 8
  • Colombia 6
  • South Korea 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 191
  • Bachelor's 173
  • None 26
  • Doctorate 11
  • High School 9
  • Other 8
  • Associate's 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 257
  • L-1 29
  • TN 29
  • E-2 14
  • F-1 14
  • NOT IN USA 10
  • O-1 3
  • E-1 3
  • E-3 3
  • L-2 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.