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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)

NAICS 236116

Decisions
406
Approved
87.1%
Median certified wage
$69,285
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 17 8 2
FY2017 11 4 0
FY2018 18 3 1
FY2019 15 4 1
FY2020 21 6 4
FY2021 34 3 1
FY2022 24 5 1
FY2023 30 6 1
FY2024 40 4 3
FY2025 75 2 3
FY2026 54 5 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Florida 82
  • New York 69
  • California 60
  • Texas 29
  • Georgia 21
  • Massachusetts 20
  • New Jersey 18
  • Illinois 16
  • Guam 13
  • District of Columbia 10

Worksite cities

  • New York, NY 21
  • Brooklyn, NY 18
  • Miami, FL 18
  • Los Angeles, CA 13
  • Tamuning, GU 12
  • Orlando, FL 11
  • Houston, TX 9
  • Washington, DC 8
  • San Francisco, CA 7
  • Dunwoody, GA 6

Countries of citizenship

  • Brazil 33
  • India 30
  • Mexico 25
  • China 19
  • Venezuela 13
  • Turkey 12
  • Philippines 12
  • Poland 10
  • Canada 9
  • Ireland 9

Worker's education

  • None 76
  • Bachelor's 75
  • Master's 65
  • High School 36
  • Associate's 2
  • Other 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 69
  • F-1 29
  • B-2 23
  • NOT IN USA 15
  • H-2B 9
  • EWI 8
  • E-2 7
  • J-1 5
  • TN 5
  • F-2 3

The industry is the NAICS code the employer entered on the form. DOL publishes the code alone; the title is the Census Bureau's, and a code Census never defined takes its parent group's title.

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.