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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Torrance, CA

Decisions
1,520
Approved
95.1%
Median certified wage
$65,531
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 205 8 6
FY2017 108 13 5
FY2018 153 9 7
FY2019 126 8 6
FY2020 151 8 12
FY2021 129 3 7
FY2022 78 10 5
FY2023 70 5 3
FY2024 94 4 9
FY2025 148 1 9
FY2026 112 2 6

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Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 522
  • Master's 319
  • High School 179
  • None 102
  • Associate's 36
  • Other 30
  • Doctorate 19

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 435
  • F-1 216
  • NOT IN USA 136
  • E-2 70
  • E-1 44
  • J-1 26
  • E-3 22
  • L-1 20
  • TN 20
  • B-2 15

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.