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PERM in Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
NAICS 424210
- Decisions
- 1,070
- Approved
- 96.9%
- Median certified wage
- $97,000
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 175 | 3 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 119 | 3 | 6 |
| FY2018 | 125 | 5 | 5 |
| FY2019 | 85 | 4 | 3 |
| FY2020 | 71 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 77 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 53 | 3 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 38 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 43 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2025 | 80 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2026 | 127 | 5 | 4 |
Top sponsors
- Caremark LLC 392
- AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION 44
- AKORN PHARMACEUTICALS 42
- Revlon Consumer Products Corporation 16
- Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. 15
- DKCOSMETICS, INC. 14
- MYLAN INC. 14
- Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Inc. USA 11
- Thato International, LLC 9
- HARRY'S, INC. 8
Top occupations
Worksite states
- Texas 151
- New Jersey 141
- New York 134
- Illinois 120
- California 116
- Rhode Island 88
- Florida 67
- Pennsylvania 66
- Arizona 56
- North Carolina 25
Worksite cities
- Richardson, TX 105
- Woonsocket, RI 85
- New York, NY 65
- Buffalo Grove, IL 64
- Scottsdale, AZ 55
- Chesterbrook, PA 28
- Northbrook, IL 27
- Cranbury, NJ 26
- Miami, FL 23
- Irving, TX 17
Countries of citizenship
- India 546
- South Korea 92
- China 54
- Canada 18
- Brazil 11
- Japan 10
- Venezuela 9
- Taiwan 8
- Mexico 7
- Argentina 6
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 385
- Master's 344
- High School 33
- None 32
- Doctorate 22
- Other 13
- Associate's 6
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 636
- F-1 71
- L-1 15
- J-1 14
- B-2 11
- E-2 11
- NOT IN USA 9
- TN 8
- F-2 7
- E-3 3
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 through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
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