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PERM Historical Search

Every PERM permanent labor certification application disclosed by the Department of Labor — 2008 through 2025. The pathway to a green card through employment — search by employer, occupation, prevailing wage, and country of citizenship.

2,547,447
Total Records
18
Years of Data
2008–2025
Date Range
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2025
Gen 5 — Total Overhaul
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2025_Q4
148,659 records
Total schema overhaul. EMPLOYER_* renamed to EMP_*, AGENT_ATTORNEY_* to ATTY_AG_*, wage fields restructured. ~145 columns.
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2024
Gen 4 — Modern Rename
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2024_Q4
92,258 records
Same as 2022-2023. Adds EMPLOYER_FEIN.
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2023
Gen 4 — Modern Rename
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2023_Q4
116,427 records
Identical structure to 2022.
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2022
Gen 4 — Modern Rename
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2022_Q4
104,600 records
EMP_YEAR_COMMENCED_BUSINESS (renamed). Same Gen 4 structure as 2020-2021.
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2021
Gen 4 — Modern Rename
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2021
108,264 records
FOREIGN_WORKER_LIVE_IN_DOM_SVC_CNT, EMP_DECL_TITLE renamed.
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2020
Gen 4 — Modern Rename
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2020
94,019 records
Complete field renaming wave. WORKSITE_CITY/STATE, PW_WAGE, JOB_TITLE simplified. ~140 columns.
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2019
Gen 3 — Recruitment Block
Table: PERM_FY2019
1,013,898 records
WAGE_OFFERED_FROM/TO_9089 renamed. Final column: PW_JOB_TITLE (no _9089 suffix).
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2018
Gen 3 — Recruitment Block
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY2018_EOY
119,776 records
Same as 2017. DOL typo: JOB_INFO_TRANING_NUM_MONTHS.
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2017
Gen 3 — Recruitment Block
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY17
97,603 records
Same as 2016. Final column renamed to PW_JOB_TITLE_9089.
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2016
Gen 3 — Recruitment Block
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY16
126,143 records
Same structure as 2015. Minor field renames.
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2015
Gen 3 — Recruitment Block
Table: PERM_Disclosure_Data_FY15_Q4
89,299 records
Massive expansion (~130 cols). Full recruitment-step block: newspaper ads, job fairs, campus recruiting. Foreign worker education/experience block.
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2014
Gen 2 — Early
Table: PERM_FY14_Q4
70,998 records
Same mixed-case pattern as 2013.
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2013
Gen 2 — Early
Table: PERM_FY2013
44,152 records
Mixed-case column names (DOL quirk) — e.g. Decision_Date, Employer_Name.
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2012
Gen 2 — Early
Table: PERM_FY2012_Q4
66,488 records
Drops EMPLOYER_ADDRESS_2.
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2011
Gen 2 — Early
Table: PERM_FY2011
73,207 records
Same as 2010, reordered columns.
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2010
Gen 2 — Early
Table: PERM_FY2010
81,412 records
CASE_NO (not CASE_NUMBER). Adds PW_SOC_TITLE, PW_SOURCE_NAME_9089.
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2009
Gen 1 — Original
Table: PERM_FY2009
38,247 records
Space-separated column names (DOL quirk) — e.g. "EMPLOYER NAME" not EMPLOYER_NAME.
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2008
Gen 1 — Original
Table: PERM_FY2008
61,997 records
Original PERM format. 25 columns. PW_LEVEL_9089 present.
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Schema Generations — PERM data underwent the most extensive restructuring of any program
Gen 1 — Original
Gen 2 — Early
Gen 3 — Recruitment Block
Gen 4 — Modern Rename
Gen 5 — Total Overhaul
Key changes: 2009 used space-separated column names · 2013-2014 used mixed-case columns · 2015 added a full recruitment-step disclosure block (newspaper ads, job fairs, campus recruiting) · 2020 renamed nearly every field to a simplified scheme · 2025 underwent a total restructure — EMPLOYER_* became EMP_*, AGENT_ATTORNEY_* became ATTY_AG_*, wage and worksite fields fully reorganized.
PERM is the pathway to a green card through employment — distinct from H-1B, H-2A, and H-2B, which are temporary work visas.