PERM in Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS 423830

Decisions: 677
Approved: 93.6%
Median certified wage: $90,000
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withdrawn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Fiscal year	Certified	Denied	Withdrawn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	69	6	1
FY2017	31	4	2
FY2018	57	6	2
FY2019	54	2	4
FY2020	53	3	3
FY2021	57	4	6
FY2022	46	3	4
FY2023	50	4	1
FY2024	70	1	7
FY2025	57	1	4
FY2026	53	7	5

Top occupations

Mechanical Engineers 81
Sales Engineers 57
Electrical Engineers 33
General and Operations Managers 30
Industrial Engineers 27
Mechatronics Engineers 25
Software Developers, Applications 22
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 20
Sales Managers 19
Accountants and Auditors 18

Worksite states

California 90
Texas 84
Georgia 83
Florida 65
North Carolina 43
Illinois 39
New Jersey 34
Michigan 31
Maryland 19
Wisconsin 19

Worksite cities

Houston, TX 37
Norcross, GA 24
Charlotte, NC 20
Columbia, MD 17
Miami, FL 17
Atlanta, GA 15
Calabasas, CA 13
Fort Lauderdale, FL 11
Doral, FL 11
Alpharetta, GA 10

Countries of citizenship

India 118
China 54
Germany 47
Mexico 36
South Korea 33
Venezuela 33
Canada 26
Brazil 24
Italy 20
Japan 12

Worker's education

Bachelor's 214
Master's 177
None 72
High School 33
Other 17
Associate's 13
Doctorate 4

Visa held when filed

H-1B 221
L-1 112
E-2 61
F-1 34
TN 19
E-1 11
B-2 8
NOT IN USA 6
H-4 3
F-2 2

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.