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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in West Chester, PA

Decisions
442
Approved
96.4%
Median certified wage
$92,247
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 30 0 1
FY2017 37 3 4
FY2018 42 1 0
FY2019 28 1 1
FY2020 25 5 2
FY2021 42 2 0
FY2022 46 1 1
FY2023 39 1 6
FY2024 18 1 1
FY2025 45 0 6
FY2026 53 0 0

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 187
  • China 27
  • Canada 22
  • South Korea 12
  • Mexico 10
  • Taiwan 8
  • Lithuania 6
  • Ireland 5
  • Iran 4
  • Philippines 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 166
  • Bachelor's 100
  • Doctorate 46
  • None 14
  • High School 5
  • Other 3
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 282
  • L-1 13
  • F-1 11
  • TN 5
  • O-1 4
  • NOT IN USA 3
  • EWI 3
  • E-2 2
  • B-2 1
  • E-3 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.