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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Industrial Building Construction

NAICS 236210

Decisions
452
Approved
91.6%
Median certified wage
$81,256
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 29 4 0
FY2017 24 4 2
FY2018 39 1 0
FY2019 29 5 1
FY2020 28 5 2
FY2021 22 8 0
FY2022 26 1 0
FY2023 29 7 0
FY2024 41 0 5
FY2025 84 0 2
FY2026 51 2 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 55
  • Texas 54
  • New York 52
  • Mississippi 26
  • Georgia 26
  • Florida 25
  • Massachusetts 23
  • Illinois 23
  • Maryland 17
  • Arizona 15

Worksite cities

  • New York, NY 27
  • Hattiesburg, MS 25
  • Springfield, MA 18
  • Chicago, IL 16
  • Phillipsburg, KS 15
  • Phoenix, AZ 14
  • Dallas, TX 12
  • Seminole, TX 12
  • Montgomery, AL 12
  • San Francisco, CA 10

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 105
  • Bachelor's 105
  • None 56
  • High School 17
  • Associate's 6
  • Other 3
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 118
  • B-2 21
  • TN 20
  • L-1 17
  • F-1 14
  • E-2 12
  • NOT IN USA 10
  • EWI 6
  • TPS 6
  • E-3 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.