PERM jobs in Miami Beach, FL

Decisions: 837
Approved: 95.0%
Median certified wage: $27,664
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withdrawn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Fiscal year	Certified	Denied	Withdrawn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	50	4	2
FY2017	30	2	2
FY2018	50	4	3
FY2019	43	5	1
FY2020	26	5	3
FY2021	23	6	2
FY2022	27	2	3
FY2023	20	6	9
FY2024	105	3	14
FY2025	188	0	7
FY2026	186	2	4

Top occupations

Food Preparation Workers 191
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 182
Marketing Managers 25
Food Service Managers 22
Chefs and Head Cooks 22
Financial Analysts 21
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 19
Financial Managers 16
General and Operations Managers 16
Management Analysts 16

Industries

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 397
Full-Service Restaurants 50
Food Services and Drinking Places 21
Offices of Lawyers 12
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers 11
Employment Placement Agencies 10
Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 9
Beauty Salons 8
Building Finishing Contractors 8
Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 8

Countries of citizenship

Colombia 65
Italy 63
Venezuela 60
Argentina 39
France 26
Spain 21
Brazil 20
United Kingdom 10
Dominican Republic 9
Honduras 9

Worker's education

None 178
Bachelor's 130
High School 52
Master's 46
Other 14
Associate's 10

Visa held when filed

H-1B 65
E-2 56
F-1 36
B-2 18
NOT IN USA 12
O-1 10
J-1 8
E-1 5
B-1 4
TN 4

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.