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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Tukwila, WA

Decisions
44
Approved
83.7%
Median certified wage
$85,900
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 3 2 0
FY2017 4 2 0
FY2018 3 2 0
FY2019 2 0 0
FY2020 2 0 0
FY2021 3 0 0
FY2022 4 0 0
FY2023 0 0 0
FY2024 6 0 1
FY2025 5 1 0
FY2026 4 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Offices of Lawyers 8
  • Full-Service Restaurants 7
  • Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 4
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 3
  • Aircraft Manufacturing 2
  • Printing 2
  • Medical Laboratories 2
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 2
  • Management of Companies and Enterprises 1
  • Computer Systems Design Services 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 9
  • Thailand 5
  • South Korea 3
  • Mexico 2
  • China 2
  • Philippines 2
  • Canada 1
  • Colombia 1
  • Venezuela 1
  • Sri Lanka 1

Worker's education

  • None 11
  • Bachelor's 11
  • Master's 4
  • Associate's 2
  • Doctorate 2
  • High School 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 10
  • E-2 5
  • F-1 3
  • L-1 2
  • J-1 1
  • TN 1
  • H-1B1 1
  • L-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.