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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Ophthalmic Goods Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS 423460

Decisions
41
Approved
94.9%
Median certified wage
$85,197
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 6 0 0
FY2017 2 0 0
FY2018 2 0 0
FY2019 1 1 0
FY2020 2 0 0
FY2021 2 0 0
FY2022 4 1 0
FY2023 4 0 0
FY2024 2 0 1
FY2025 7 0 1
FY2026 5 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Florida 10
  • California 10
  • New York 8
  • New Jersey 6
  • Utah 2
  • North Carolina 2
  • Wisconsin 1
  • Texas 1
  • Oklahoma 1

Worksite cities

  • Secaucus, NJ 4
  • El Monte, CA 4
  • New York, NY 2
  • Draper, UT 2
  • Miami, FL 2
  • City of Industry, CA 2
  • Denver, NC 2
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL 1
  • Lakewood, CA 1
  • Miami Lakes, FL 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Taiwan 6
  • China 4
  • India 3
  • Argentina 2
  • Brazil 2
  • New Zealand 2
  • Hong Kong 1
  • South Korea 1
  • Israel 1
  • Germany 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 11
  • Master's 10
  • Other 2
  • Associate's 1
  • High School 1
  • None 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 8
  • F-1 7
  • E-2 4
  • L-1 1
  • E-1 1
  • NOT IN USA 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.