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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Jewelry, Watch, Precious Stone, and Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS 423940

Decisions
649
Approved
90.2%
Median certified wage
$53,914
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 65 12 1
FY2017 72 8 3
FY2018 71 11 3
FY2019 35 7 3
FY2020 36 2 4
FY2021 47 2 0
FY2022 41 9 4
FY2023 37 3 4
FY2024 53 6 2
FY2025 62 0 2
FY2026 41 1 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New York 226
  • California 142
  • New Jersey 85
  • Texas 51
  • Georgia 50
  • Florida 48
  • Illinois 9
  • Massachusetts 7
  • Maryland 4
  • Tennessee 3

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 219
  • None 143
  • Master's 66
  • High School 61
  • Associate's 26
  • Other 9
  • Doctorate 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 125
  • F-1 87
  • B-2 53
  • E-1 35
  • NOT IN USA 31
  • E-2 18
  • J-1 10
  • F-2 9
  • L-1 6
  • B-1 4

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.