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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in University Park, PA

Decisions
236
Approved
98.7%
Median certified wage
$97,812
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 25 1 0
FY2017 9 0 0
FY2018 23 0 2
FY2019 16 0 1
FY2020 39 2 0
FY2021 34 0 1
FY2022 15 0 0
FY2023 11 0 2
FY2024 10 0 1
FY2025 20 0 1
FY2026 19 0 4

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • China 52
  • India 22
  • South Korea 15
  • Canada 15
  • Italy 9
  • Germany 7
  • Spain 6
  • United Kingdom 5
  • Israel 4
  • Brazil 4

Worker's education

  • Doctorate 187
  • Master's 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 177
  • F-1 5
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • B-2 1
  • G-4 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.