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PERM sponsorship by city

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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

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.