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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Petroleum Refineries

NAICS 324110

Decisions
279
Approved
94.4%
Median certified wage
$124,464
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 34 1 0
FY2017 21 1 0
FY2018 32 1 1
FY2019 22 0 1
FY2020 11 4 0
FY2021 28 3 1
FY2022 36 1 0
FY2023 13 2 1
FY2024 17 0 2
FY2025 27 1 1
FY2026 14 1 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 179
  • Oklahoma 25
  • California 16
  • Tennessee 12
  • Illinois 9
  • Alaska 7
  • Kansas 6
  • Hawaii 3
  • Minnesota 3
  • New Hampshire 2

Worksite cities

  • San Antonio, TX 105
  • Houston, TX 48
  • Bartlesville, OK 19
  • Brentwood, TN 9
  • Corpus Christi, TX 8
  • Anchorage, AK 7
  • Midland, TX 5
  • Dallas, TX 5
  • Des Plaines, IL 5
  • Wichita, KS 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 135
  • Canada 41
  • United Kingdom 8
  • Brazil 8
  • Mexico 5
  • Australia 4
  • China 4
  • Jamaica 2
  • Honduras 2
  • Nigeria 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 107
  • Master's 97
  • Doctorate 18
  • None 6
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 177
  • L-1 25
  • TN 16
  • O-1 2
  • E-3 2
  • F-1 2
  • J-1 1
  • TPS 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • L-2 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.