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PERM by the worker's country of citizenship

PERM cases for citizens of Germany

Decisions
4,672
Approved
95.3%
Median certified wage
$114,400
Years
FY2016 to FY2024

Year by year

  • certified
  • denied
  • withdrawn

Fiscal years run October to September. DOL printed the worker's citizenship on its old form, so the series runs FY2008 to FY2023; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry it.

Every year as a table
Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2008 430 52 21
FY2009 275 37 26
FY2010 666 63 20
FY2011 447 68 23
FY2012 423 42 24
FY2013 241 34 14
FY2014 472 22 30
FY2015 493 31 23
FY2016 642 17 26
FY2017 518 32 19
FY2018 652 33 22
FY2019 503 28 17
FY2020 440 20 26
FY2021 550 18 14
FY2022 355 21 13
FY2023 314 23 22

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Worksite states

  • California 1,311
  • New York 594
  • Michigan 290
  • Florida 253
  • Washington 191
  • Texas 191
  • Georgia 171
  • Illinois 169
  • Massachusetts 151
  • North Carolina 127

Worksite cities

Industries

Worker's education

  • Master's 1,548
  • Bachelor's 1,095
  • Doctorate 907
  • None 534
  • Other 374
  • High School 157
  • Associate's 52

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,732
  • L-1 1,242
  • E-2 739
  • E-1 199
  • F-1 171
  • O-1 116
  • NOT IN USA 103
  • J-1 59
  • L-2 18
  • B-2 13

DOL printed the worker's citizenship, education and visa on its old form, and the last cases filed on it were decided in FY2024; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. So these pages describe FY2008 to FY2023 (years) and FY2016 to FY2024 (everything else).

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.