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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in West Des Moines, IA

Decisions
562
Approved
97.2%
Median certified wage
$87,277
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 46 0 0
FY2017 25 1 1
FY2018 36 0 0
FY2019 19 0 0
FY2020 31 1 1
FY2021 47 0 2
FY2022 61 1 0
FY2023 63 6 8
FY2024 52 3 3
FY2025 97 2 4
FY2026 47 1 4

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Industries

Countries of citizenship

  • India 347
  • China 10
  • Malaysia 6
  • Vietnam 4
  • Canada 3
  • Nepal 3
  • Pakistan 2
  • South Korea 2
  • Ghana 1
  • Kenya 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 296
  • Bachelor's 83
  • None 4
  • Doctorate 3
  • Other 2
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 343
  • F-1 30
  • H-4 3
  • PAROLEE 3
  • TN 2
  • NOT IN USA 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.