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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS 423840

Decisions
269
Approved
83.5%
Median certified wage
$91,915
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 14 2 0
FY2017 8 2 1
FY2018 22 1 0
FY2019 15 29 11
FY2020 26 3 5
FY2021 15 0 0
FY2022 20 1 2
FY2023 17 1 1
FY2024 29 0 0
FY2025 17 0 1
FY2026 24 2 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Wisconsin 81
  • California 62
  • Texas 30
  • Florida 22
  • Alabama 14
  • New York 13
  • Illinois 9
  • Ohio 6
  • Minnesota 4
  • North Carolina 4

Worksite cities

  • Pleasant Prairie, WI 75
  • Bloomington, CA 36
  • Houston, TX 10
  • Birmingham, AL 9
  • Pleasant Prarie, WI 6
  • Waukegan, IL 6
  • City of Industry, CA 6
  • Ontario, CA 5
  • Opelika, AL 4
  • Miami, FL 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 82
  • Venezuela 31
  • China 25
  • Colombia 14
  • Mexico 11
  • Brazil 6
  • South Korea 6
  • Canada 4
  • United Kingdom 4
  • Nepal 3

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 82
  • Master's 67
  • High School 49
  • None 14
  • Other 5
  • Associate's 5

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 123
  • B-2 26
  • L-1 10
  • F-1 8
  • TN 7
  • NOT IN USA 7
  • E-2 5
  • F-2 4
  • B-1 3
  • J-1 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.