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PERM sponsorship by city

PERM jobs in Yakima, WA

Decisions
58
Approved
94.3%
Median certified wage
$169,688
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1 0
FY2017 3 0 1
FY2018 11 1 0
FY2019 3 0 0
FY2020 5 0 0
FY2021 2 1 0
FY2022 3 0 0
FY2023 2 0 1
FY2024 5 0 1
FY2025 4 0 0
FY2026 4 0 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Industries

  • General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 20
  • Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 9
  • Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) 3
  • Limited-Service Restaurants 3
  • Food Services and Drinking Places 3
  • Nail Salons 2
  • Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 2
  • Full-Service Restaurants 1
  • Electronics and Appliance Retailers 1
  • Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Canada 9
  • India 8
  • South Korea 6
  • China 4
  • Philippines 4
  • Thailand 3
  • Ecuador 2
  • Guatemala 2
  • Brazil 1
  • Italy 1

Worker's education

  • Other 28
  • Master's 6
  • None 5
  • Bachelor's 4
  • Doctorate 4

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 34
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • B-2 2
  • F-1 1
  • TN 1
  • R-1 1
  • H-2A 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.