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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Williamsburg, VA

Decisions
86
Approved
92.9%
Median certified wage
$70,020
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 8 2 0
FY2017 7 1 0
FY2018 9 1 1
FY2019 5 0 0
FY2020 5 0 0
FY2021 5 0 0
FY2022 4 1 0
FY2023 3 1 0
FY2024 14 0 0
FY2025 9 0 0
FY2026 9 0 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 37
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 8
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 6
  • Full-Service Restaurants 6
  • Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) 4
  • Limited-Service Restaurants 2
  • Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) 2
  • Convenience Stores 2
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 2
  • Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs 1

Countries of citizenship

  • China 9
  • India 8
  • El Salvador 8
  • Canada 4
  • Romania 3
  • United Kingdom 3
  • Peru 2
  • Philippines 2
  • Mongolia 2
  • Thailand 2

Worker's education

  • Doctorate 17
  • None 15
  • Master's 10
  • Bachelor's 8
  • High School 6
  • Other 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 27
  • NOT IN USA 7
  • F-1 7
  • TPS 4
  • B-2 3
  • EWI 3
  • J-1 2
  • PAROLEE 1
  • E-2 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.