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Cases In Flight: DOL

Every case the Department of Labor is currently working through — 161,300 in-flight filings across 147,172 employers.

Live DOL Data: 4 min ago

01Snapshot

In-flight total
100,265
PERM cases currently in queue
Filed today
24
new PERM filings
Decided today
708
all terminal statuses
Avg processing time
378 days
median, today's decisions

02Cohort completion

PERMFilings & adjudications
AdjudicatedIn flightFrontier
Jan 1, 2026 – Jul 8, 2026
50,926 filed · 1,384 adjudicated
5971,1951,7922,389Jan 1Feb 1Mar 4Apr 4May 5Jun 5Jul 6
PERM · 189 days shown

03Processing-time trend

PERMRolling average processing time
30-day avg90-day avgDaily medianDashed segments: fewer than 500 cases in window.
days0d140d280d410d550d06/0906/1306/1706/2106/2506/2907/0307/0707/08

04Queue depth

PERMIn-flight queue
Filed in window
9,188
296 / day avg
Decided in window
13,157
424 / day avg · net -3,969
In-flight queueFiledDecided
in-flightcases99,800102,400104,9002026-06-08 In-flight: 104,4422026-06-09 In-flight: 103,8602026-06-10 In-flight: 103,3172026-06-11 In-flight: 103,1642026-06-12 In-flight: 103,0252026-06-13 In-flight: 102,6612026-06-14 In-flight: 102,4482026-06-15 In-flight: 102,4692026-06-16 In-flight: 102,2802026-06-17 In-flight: 101,8132026-06-18 In-flight: 101,5182026-06-19 In-flight: 101,4092026-06-20 In-flight: 101,4782026-06-21 In-flight: 101,4092026-06-22 In-flight: 101,6392026-06-23 In-flight: 101,6042026-06-24 In-flight: 101,2002026-06-25 In-flight: 101,0942026-06-26 In-flight: 101,1952026-06-27 In-flight: 100,9212026-06-28 In-flight: 100,9682026-06-29 In-flight: 101,5482026-06-30 In-flight: 101,8942026-07-01 In-flight: 101,7282026-07-02 In-flight: 101,6272026-07-03 In-flight: 101,4512026-07-04 In-flight: 101,4612026-07-05 In-flight: 101,3922026-07-06 In-flight: 101,4752026-07-07 In-flight: 100,9492026-07-08 In-flight: 100,2595105101,0201,0202026-06-08 In-flight: 104,442 Filed: 363 Decided: 149 Net: +2142026-06-09 In-flight: 103,860 Filed: 270 Decided: 852 Net: -5822026-06-10 In-flight: 103,317 Filed: 341 Decided: 884 Net: -5432026-06-11 In-flight: 103,164 Filed: 390 Decided: 543 Net: -1532026-06-12 In-flight: 103,025 Filed: 374 Decided: 513 Net: -1392026-06-13 In-flight: 102,661 Filed: 80 Decided: 444 Net: -3642026-06-14 In-flight: 102,448 Filed: 22 Decided: 235 Net: -2132026-06-15 In-flight: 102,469 Filed: 326 Decided: 305 Net: +212026-06-16 In-flight: 102,280 Filed: 354 Decided: 543 Net: -1892026-06-17 In-flight: 101,813 Filed: 246 Decided: 713 Net: -4672026-06-18 In-flight: 101,518 Filed: 279 Decided: 574 Net: -2952026-06-19 In-flight: 101,409 Filed: 256 Decided: 365 Net: -1092026-06-20 In-flight: 101,478 Filed: 82 Decided: 13 Net: +692026-06-21 In-flight: 101,409 Filed: 44 Decided: 113 Net: -692026-06-22 In-flight: 101,639 Filed: 401 Decided: 171 Net: +2302026-06-23 In-flight: 101,604 Filed: 472 Decided: 507 Net: -352026-06-24 In-flight: 101,200 Filed: 397 Decided: 801 Net: -4042026-06-25 In-flight: 101,094 Filed: 443 Decided: 549 Net: -1062026-06-26 In-flight: 101,195 Filed: 665 Decided: 564 Net: +1012026-06-27 In-flight: 100,921 Filed: 154 Decided: 428 Net: -2742026-06-28 In-flight: 100,968 Filed: 188 Decided: 141 Net: +472026-06-29 In-flight: 101,548 Filed: 807 Decided: 227 Net: +5802026-06-30 In-flight: 101,894 Filed: 845 Decided: 499 Net: +3462026-07-01 In-flight: 101,728 Filed: 484 Decided: 650 Net: -1662026-07-02 In-flight: 101,627 Filed: 422 Decided: 523 Net: -1012026-07-03 In-flight: 101,451 Filed: 30 Decided: 206 Net: -1762026-07-04 In-flight: 101,461 Filed: 29 Decided: 19 Net: +102026-07-05 In-flight: 101,392 Filed: 25 Decided: 94 Net: -692026-07-06 In-flight: 101,475 Filed: 272 Decided: 189 Net: +832026-07-07 In-flight: 100,949 Filed: 103 Decided: 629 Net: -5262026-07-08 In-flight: 100,259 Filed: 24 Decided: 714 Net: -690Jun 8Jun 12Jun 16Jun 20Jun 24Jun 28Jul 2Jul 6Jul 8

Series starts on the first day with reliable decision data, so the queue line reflects observed inflow and outflow rather than back-extrapolated filings.