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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Topeka, KS

Decisions
430
Approved
97.5%
Median certified wage
$29,640
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 22 4 0
FY2017 13 2 0
FY2018 17 1 0
FY2019 26 0 0
FY2020 16 0 3
FY2021 29 1 0
FY2022 14 0 0
FY2023 54 0 3
FY2024 14 1 11
FY2025 125 1 5
FY2026 68 0 0

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 72
  • Mexico 53
  • China 9
  • Philippines 9
  • Jordan 7
  • Albania 7
  • Brazil 6
  • Nepal 4
  • Bangladesh 4
  • Colombia 3

Worker's education

  • None 80
  • Master's 60
  • Other 45
  • Bachelor's 24
  • Doctorate 6

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 121
  • NOT IN USA 38
  • H-2B 25
  • F-1 13
  • F-2 4
  • L-1 2
  • B-2 2
  • TN 2
  • J-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.