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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing

NAICS 334413

Decisions
10,023
Approved
98.3%
Median certified wage
$115,420
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1,182 22 45
FY2017 693 22 30
FY2018 1,105 20 34
FY2019 1,008 13 21
FY2020 822 21 32
FY2021 989 7 16
FY2022 883 20 47
FY2023 582 17 35
FY2024 527 4 31
FY2025 747 6 43
FY2026 948 8 43

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 4,874
  • Texas 1,635
  • Idaho 795
  • Massachusetts 502
  • Arizona 491
  • New York 355
  • Oregon 212
  • North Carolina 190
  • Virginia 183
  • Colorado 132

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 5,554
  • Bachelor's 1,662
  • Doctorate 845
  • Other 52
  • None 29
  • Associate's 9
  • High School 4

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 6,507
  • L-1 1,092
  • F-1 309
  • TN 78
  • O-1 31
  • E-2 22
  • NOT IN USA 19
  • L-2 13
  • H-4 13
  • PAROLEE 11

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.