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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

NAICS 237310

Decisions
582
Approved
88.3%
Median certified wage
$69,451
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 25 5 0
FY2017 15 2 1
FY2018 57 4 4
FY2019 32 13 1
FY2020 26 4 0
FY2021 47 5 3
FY2022 32 2 2
FY2023 32 14 1
FY2024 37 11 11
FY2025 115 0 7
FY2026 67 4 3

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 149
  • Florida 53
  • North Carolina 42
  • Virginia 32
  • New York 31
  • Georgia 29
  • Nebraska 24
  • California 21
  • Maryland 20
  • Minnesota 17

Worksite cities

  • Houston, TX 32
  • Austin, TX 28
  • Lincoln, NE 22
  • The Woodlands, TX 19
  • Raleigh, NC 17
  • Rogers, MN 16
  • Elizabeth City, NC 15
  • Atlanta, GA 13
  • San Antonio, TX 13
  • Fort Worth, TX 11

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • None 118
  • Bachelor's 112
  • Master's 101
  • High School 29
  • Other 7
  • Doctorate 2
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 115
  • NOT IN USA 45
  • F-1 28
  • E-2 27
  • L-1 22
  • EWI 17
  • TPS 10
  • TN 9
  • B-2 9
  • F-2 4

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.