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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- withdrawn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. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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
- Barnhill Contracting Company 36
- Webber, LLC 33
- PROFESSIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL LLC 28
- K2 REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT LLC 22
- Villalobos Concrete Inc. 18
- Diamond Surface, Inc. 16
- Precision 2000, Inc. 14
- Ferrovial Construction East, LLC 11
- Superior Construction Company Southeast, LLC 11
- Ferrovial Construction US Corp. 10
Top occupations
- Civil Engineers 134
- Construction Laborers 87
- Construction Managers 51
- Highway Maintenance Workers 45
- Cost Estimators 26
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 22
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 16
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 15
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 15
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 14
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
- Mexico 67
- India 63
- Spain 43
- El Salvador 27
- Pakistan 25
- Venezuela 14
- Brazil 11
- Colombia 10
- China 9
- Canada 8
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
- B-2 9
- TN 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 through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
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