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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing (group 31599)

NAICS 315999

Decisions
66
Approved
93.8%
Median certified wage
$114,950
Years
FY2016 to FY2024

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 23 0 0
FY2017 10 2 0
FY2018 13 1 1
FY2019 4 0 1
FY2020 2 1 0
FY2021 3 0 0
FY2022 2 0 0
FY2023 1 0 0
FY2024 2 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 34
  • New York 22
  • New Jersey 5
  • Georgia 3
  • South Carolina 1
  • Florida 1

Worksite cities

  • New York, NY 22
  • City of Industry, CA 11
  • Foothill Ranch, CA 7
  • Huntington Beach, CA 4
  • Los Angeles, CA 4
  • McDonough, GA 3
  • El Monte, CA 2
  • City of Industry, CA, CA 1
  • Piscataway, NJ 1
  • San Diego, CA 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 26
  • South Korea 10
  • Italy 5
  • Malaysia 3
  • Canada 3
  • Japan 2
  • France 2
  • Australia 2
  • Mexico 2
  • Turkey 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 45
  • Master's 15
  • None 4
  • Associate's 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 44
  • F-1 5
  • J-1 4
  • L-1 3
  • O-1 3
  • E-2 2
  • E-1 2
  • F-2 1
  • E-3 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.