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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Vancouver, WA

Decisions
372
Approved
93.7%
Median certified wage
$84,817
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 0 3
FY2017 21 3 0
FY2018 44 1 2
FY2019 20 0 1
FY2020 21 4 0
FY2021 19 0 0
FY2022 18 1 1
FY2023 22 4 1
FY2024 28 4 0
FY2025 51 1 12
FY2026 59 4 2

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Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 74
  • None 59
  • Bachelor's 58
  • Other 24
  • High School 11
  • Doctorate 7
  • Associate's 5

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 93
  • L-1 39
  • E-2 15
  • F-1 14
  • NOT IN USA 7
  • B-2 5
  • O-1 3
  • TN 3
  • J-1 2
  • F-2 2

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.