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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Vista, CA

Decisions
125
Approved
92.5%
Median certified wage
$38,979
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 5 0 1
FY2017 6 0 0
FY2018 8 0 0
FY2019 9 2 2
FY2020 7 1 0
FY2021 14 5 2
FY2022 4 0 0
FY2023 3 0 0
FY2024 16 0 0
FY2025 35 1 0
FY2026 4 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing 25
  • All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing 12
  • Nursery and Tree Production 12
  • Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing 8
  • Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing 7
  • Flower, Nursery Stock, and Florists' Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 6
  • Sports and Recreation Instruction 4
  • Full-Service Restaurants 3
  • Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing 3
  • Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables 2

Countries of citizenship

  • Brazil 14
  • India 13
  • Mexico 10
  • Ecuador 6
  • South Korea 5
  • France 4
  • China 3
  • United Kingdom 3
  • Philippines 2
  • Iran 2

Worker's education

  • None 27
  • Bachelor's 23
  • Master's 19
  • High School 2
  • Doctorate 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 34
  • L-1 6
  • E-2 6
  • F-1 5
  • F-2 3
  • TN 2
  • TPS 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.