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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Hardware Manufacturing

NAICS 332510

Decisions
149
Approved
97.9%
Median certified wage
$93,350
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 0 1
FY2017 11 0 0
FY2018 9 1 1
FY2019 16 0 0
FY2020 10 0 1
FY2021 9 1 0
FY2022 5 0 0
FY2023 11 0 1
FY2024 8 0 3
FY2025 11 0 0
FY2026 15 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 24
  • Minnesota 22
  • Texas 15
  • Indiana 14
  • Connecticut 13
  • Wisconsin 10
  • Michigan 7
  • Florida 6
  • North Carolina 6
  • Colorado 4

Worksite cities

  • Winona, MN 21
  • Plano, TX 13
  • New Haven, CT 10
  • San Francisco, CA 10
  • Oak Creek, WI 8
  • Carmel, IN 7
  • Indianapolis, IN 7
  • Golden, CO 4
  • Troy, MI 4
  • Santa Clara, CA 3

Countries of citizenship

  • India 61
  • Mexico 9
  • China 7
  • Canada 6
  • Nepal 5
  • Australia 4
  • Taiwan 3
  • South Korea 3
  • France 2
  • Iran 2

Worker's education

  • Master's 57
  • Bachelor's 54
  • Associate's 4
  • None 3
  • Doctorate 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 91
  • L-1 7
  • F-1 6
  • E-2 3
  • TN 3
  • B-2 1
  • E-3 1
  • J-1 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • PAROLEE 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.