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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction

NAICS 237110

Decisions
192
Approved
90.4%
Median certified wage
$57,191
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 14 0 0
FY2017 4 3 0
FY2018 8 1 0
FY2019 15 1 0
FY2020 9 2 1
FY2021 12 2 0
FY2022 9 1 8
FY2023 23 4 4
FY2024 35 1 2
FY2025 16 2 0
FY2026 15 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • North Carolina 44
  • Texas 32
  • Florida 19
  • Virginia 16
  • California 16
  • Utah 13
  • New Hampshire 8
  • Maryland 7
  • Arizona 5
  • Pennsylvania 3

Worksite cities

  • Clayton, NC 20
  • Houston, TX 11
  • Garner, NC 10
  • Seven Springs, NC 9
  • Goffstown, NH 8
  • West Valley City, UT 7
  • Chantilly, VA 7
  • Carlsbad, CA 6
  • The Woodlands, TX 4
  • Seminole, TX 4

Countries of citizenship

  • Mexico 67
  • India 14
  • El Salvador 12
  • Canada 8
  • Venezuela 8
  • Pakistan 5
  • Honduras 5
  • Brazil 4
  • Australia 3
  • Ireland 3

Worker's education

  • None 86
  • Bachelor's 30
  • Master's 23
  • High School 8
  • Other 4
  • Doctorate 1
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-2B 48
  • H-1B 25
  • L-1 10
  • F-1 7
  • EWI 6
  • TN 5
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • E-2 3
  • PAROLEE 3
  • B-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.