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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Winston-Salem, NC

Decisions
378
Approved
98.0%
Median certified wage
$85,883
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 40 0 13
FY2017 26 2 2
FY2018 33 1 1
FY2019 20 2 2
FY2020 31 0 1
FY2021 35 1 0
FY2022 19 0 2
FY2023 17 0 1
FY2024 34 1 3
FY2025 44 0 6
FY2026 41 0 0

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Countries of citizenship

  • India 135
  • China 20
  • Bangladesh 14
  • Mexico 13
  • Canada 11
  • Jamaica 9
  • United Kingdom 8
  • Colombia 6
  • Nigeria 6
  • Philippines 6

Worker's education

  • Master's 108
  • Bachelor's 94
  • Other 38
  • Doctorate 21
  • None 17
  • High School 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 224
  • NOT IN USA 16
  • L-1 13
  • F-1 8
  • TN 5
  • E-2 2
  • J-2 2
  • B-2 1
  • EWI 1
  • H-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.