PERM jobs in Washington DC, DC
- Decisions
- 101
- Approved
- 87.8%
- Median certified wage
- $98,030
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2026 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
Top sponsors
- OOTB MINDS INC 5
- bombay street food 5
- THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC. 4
- WSP USA Inc. 3
- McDermott Will & Emery LLP 3
- NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION AMTRAK 3
- BSF FRANCHISE LLC 3
- SHOTO DC LLC 2
- MPOWER Financing, Public Benefit Corporation 2
- Foursquare Integrated Transportation Planning, Inc. 2
Top occupations
Industries
- Offices of Lawyers 11
- Full-Service Restaurants 9
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 8
- Custom Computer Programming Services 6
- Engineering Services 4
- Computer Systems Design Services 4
- Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services 3
- Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 3
- Line-Haul Railroads 3
- Restaurants and Other Eating Places 2
Countries of citizenship
- India 6
- China 4
- Bangladesh 4
- Jamaica 3
- United Kingdom 3
- Canada 3
- Turkey 2
- Indonesia 2
- Russia 2
- Mongolia 2
Worker's education
- Master's 23
- Bachelor's 15
- None 12
- Other 5
- Doctorate 4
- High School 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 27
- F-1 7
- E-2 3
- TN 2
- L-1 2
- I 2
- TPS 2
- J-1 1
- H-1B1 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.