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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Woodlands, TX

Decisions
90
Approved
97.5%
Median certified wage
$17,826
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 8 1 0
FY2017 1 1 1
FY2018 0 0 0
FY2019 0 0 0
FY2020 25 0 8
FY2021 40 0 0
FY2022 2 0 0
FY2023 0 0 0
FY2024 0 0 0
FY2025 3 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • Janitorial Services 72
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 9
  • Full-Service Restaurants 3
  • Temporary Help Services 2
  • Custom Computer Programming Services 1
  • Child Care Services 1
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services 1
  • Real Estate Property Managers 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Vietnam 17
  • Nepal 16
  • Brazil 14
  • Pakistan 7
  • Bangladesh 6
  • Iran 4
  • India 3
  • Nigeria 2
  • Cote d'ivoire 2
  • United States Of America 2

Worker's education

  • None 81
  • Bachelor's 3
  • Master's 2
  • High School 1

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 34
  • NOT IN USA 25
  • B-2 6
  • F-2 5
  • H-1B 4
  • TN 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.