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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Washington D.C, DC

Decisions
104
Approved
100.0%
Median certified wage
$41,059
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 8 0 0
FY2017 5 0 0
FY2018 8 0 0
FY2019 1 0 0
FY2020 6 0 1
FY2021 1 0 0
FY2022 4 0 0
FY2023 2 0 0
FY2024 1 0 3
FY2025 56 0 0
FY2026 7 0 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 47
  • Other General Government Support 11
  • Engineering Services 4
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 4
  • Offices of Lawyers 4
  • Radio and Television Broadcasting 2
  • Private Households 2
  • Full-Service Restaurants 2
  • Educational Support Services 2
  • Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 16
  • China 4
  • Canada 3
  • Sri Lanka 2
  • Germany 2
  • South Korea 2
  • El Salvador 1
  • Egypt 1
  • Saudi Arabia 1
  • Nepal 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 22
  • Bachelor's 10
  • Other 2
  • None 1
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 27
  • L-1 2
  • G-4 2
  • H-4 1
  • A1/A2 1
  • E-1 1
  • I 1
  • F-1 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.