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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Traverse City, MI

Decisions
92
Approved
96.7%
Median certified wage
$25,480
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1 0 0
FY2017 3 0 0
FY2018 5 1 0
FY2019 1 1 0
FY2020 1 0 0
FY2021 2 0 0
FY2022 0 0 0
FY2023 2 0 0
FY2024 37 0 0
FY2025 4 0 1
FY2026 32 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Full-Service Restaurants 40
  • Limited-Service Restaurants 29
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 6
  • Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 3
  • Insurance Carriers 3
  • Precision Turned Product Manufacturing 2
  • Pharmacies and Drug Retailers 1
  • Engineering Services 1
  • Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing 1
  • Beauty Salons 1

Countries of citizenship

  • China 6
  • India 2
  • South Africa 2
  • Italy 2
  • Namibia 1
  • France 1
  • Chile 1
  • Libya 1
  • United Kingdom 1

Worker's education

  • None 8
  • Master's 2
  • Bachelor's 2
  • Other 2
  • Associate's 2
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 6
  • O-1 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • F-1 1
  • E-2 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.