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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS 423930

Decisions
308
Approved
94.0%
Median certified wage
$56,742
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 27 0 0
FY2017 14 3 0
FY2018 40 3 1
FY2019 19 3 0
FY2020 17 3 1
FY2021 15 1 0
FY2022 47 0 0
FY2023 37 4 1
FY2024 14 0 1
FY2025 26 1 2
FY2026 28 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Nebraska 65
  • Texas 61
  • California 44
  • New Jersey 28
  • Georgia 24
  • Illinois 23
  • Florida 18
  • New York 9
  • Ohio 8
  • North Carolina 7

Worksite cities

  • Lincoln, NE 65
  • Houston, TX 29
  • New Brunswick, NJ 14
  • Nashville, IL 10
  • Garland, TX 9
  • Suwanee, GA 9
  • Chino, CA 7
  • Ontario, CA 6
  • Grand Prairie, TX 5
  • Atlanta, GA 5

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • None 92
  • Bachelor's 68
  • Master's 66
  • High School 12
  • Associate's 5
  • Other 3
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 80
  • F-1 32
  • NOT IN USA 21
  • B-2 11
  • E-2 9
  • L-1 8
  • TN 3
  • F-2 3
  • J-1 2
  • B-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.