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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Women's, Children's, and Infants' Clothing and Accessories Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS 424330

Decisions
606
Approved
92.8%
Median certified wage
$48,464
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 104 12 13
FY2017 70 4 4
FY2018 68 6 4
FY2019 43 4 1
FY2020 54 5 1
FY2021 49 1 4
FY2022 30 4 1
FY2023 28 3 2
FY2024 28 1 4
FY2025 53 0 0
FY2026 4 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 335
  • New York 132
  • Florida 43
  • New Jersey 43
  • Texas 21
  • Georgia 11
  • Indiana 5
  • Illinois 4
  • Virginia 3
  • Ohio 2

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 327
  • China 47
  • India 22
  • Turkey 18
  • Japan 14
  • Brazil 11
  • Taiwan 11
  • France 11
  • Canada 11
  • Kazakhstan 7

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 270
  • None 101
  • Master's 78
  • High School 50
  • Associate's 33
  • Other 9

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 158
  • H-1B 115
  • J-1 40
  • E-2 35
  • B-2 22
  • NOT IN USA 17
  • F-2 10
  • O-1 8
  • E-1 8
  • 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.