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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Watford City, ND

Decisions
56
Approved
100.0%
Median certified wage
$27,851
Years
FY2016 to FY2025

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 3 0 0
FY2017 2 0 0
FY2018 3 0 0
FY2019 0 0 0
FY2020 0 0 1
FY2021 8 0 0
FY2022 19 0 0
FY2023 14 0 1
FY2024 3 0 0
FY2025 2 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Office Administrative Services 40
  • Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations 3
  • Medical Laboratories 2
  • Convenience Stores 2
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 2
  • Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 1
  • Beef Cattle Ranching and Farming 1
  • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing 1
  • Residential Remodelers 1
  • Offices of Dentists 1

Countries of citizenship

  • South Africa 28
  • Philippines 7
  • Mexico 5
  • Canada 3
  • Vietnam 3
  • Ireland 2
  • Tunisia 2
  • Spain 1
  • Venezuela 1
  • Brazil 1

Worker's education

  • None 49
  • Bachelor's 4
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 41
  • H-2A 2
  • F-1 2
  • H-1B 2
  • E-2 1
  • H-2B 1
  • B-2 1
  • TN 1
  • L-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.