PERM processing times: DOL works December 2025 cases, 336-day average
As of October 5, 2026, DOL is reviewing PERM applications filed in December 2025. Average decision time is 336 days for decisions made in August 2026.
PERM analyst review
The Department of Labor is working on PERM applications filed in December 2025, as of October 5, 2026.
The audit review queue is also at December 2025. The reconsideration queue is at May 2026.
Decision times
The average time to a PERM decision is 336 days. That figure covers decisions made in August 2026.
Prevailing wage queue
For PERM prevailing wage requests, DOL is processing filings from June 2026 as of September 30, 2026.
There are 49,034 pending prevailing wage requests for PERM.
Source: DOL FLAG processing times. PermTimes writes these updates automatically from public government data and publishes them only when every number matches the source.
Information, not legal advice.