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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing

NAICS 315990

Decisions
134
Approved
92.0%
Median certified wage
$56,056
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 2 0 1
FY2017 20 2 1
FY2018 14 4 0
FY2019 9 1 1
FY2020 8 1 3
FY2021 9 0 0
FY2022 8 1 0
FY2023 8 1 0
FY2024 19 0 0
FY2025 11 0 3
FY2026 7 0 0

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Worksite states

  • California 63
  • New York 29
  • Maryland 7
  • New Jersey 6
  • Washington 5
  • Tennessee 4
  • Florida 4
  • North Carolina 3
  • Texas 2
  • Illinois 2

Worksite cities

  • Los Angeles, CA 36
  • New York, NY 25
  • Baltimore, MD 6
  • Shelton, WA 5
  • Nashville, TN 4
  • Huntington Park, CA 3
  • City of Industry, CA 2
  • El Paso, TX 2
  • Chicago, IL 2
  • Greensboro, NC 2

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 43
  • India 16
  • China 8
  • Canada 5
  • France 3
  • Philippines 3
  • Mexico 3
  • United Kingdom 3
  • Germany 3
  • Sri Lanka 3

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 66
  • Master's 19
  • None 18
  • High School 6
  • Associate's 2
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 44
  • B-2 11
  • F-1 10
  • E-2 10
  • J-1 9
  • TN 4
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • L-1 2
  • L-2 1
  • A1/A2 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.