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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction

NAICS 237120

Decisions
399
Approved
95.6%
Median certified wage
$93,455
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 40 0 0
FY2017 15 2 0
FY2018 27 0 1
FY2019 29 0 2
FY2020 52 3 3
FY2021 44 0 1
FY2022 39 2 1
FY2023 32 2 2
FY2024 17 1 1
FY2025 41 2 3
FY2026 30 5 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 110
  • Nebraska 109
  • Kansas 49
  • North Carolina 19
  • Colorado 15
  • Arizona 14
  • Louisiana 12
  • South Dakota 11
  • Massachusetts 7
  • Florida 6

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 111
  • Bachelor's 105
  • None 94
  • Other 3
  • Doctorate 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 161
  • L-1 27
  • TN 14
  • F-1 11
  • E-2 6
  • NOT IN USA 5
  • EWI 3
  • B-2 2
  • E-3 2
  • E-1 1

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.