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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS 424480

Decisions
281
Approved
82.4%
Median certified wage
$47,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 21 0 1
FY2017 9 4 1
FY2018 17 1 4
FY2019 11 2 0
FY2020 10 3 1
FY2021 20 3 0
FY2022 23 2 8
FY2023 35 18 1
FY2024 16 4 1
FY2025 39 2 3
FY2026 14 7 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 136
  • Florida 43
  • Texas 25
  • New Jersey 25
  • New York 14
  • Maryland 10
  • Idaho 5
  • Illinois 5
  • Delaware 4
  • Arizona 4

Worksite cities

  • Fullerton, CA 64
  • Vernon, CA 26
  • Los Angeles, CA 15
  • Miami, FL 11
  • Coral Gables, FL 11
  • Vineland, NJ 8
  • Jessup, MD 7
  • Houston, TX 7
  • Visalia, CA 6
  • McAllen, TX 6

Countries of citizenship

  • Pakistan 39
  • Mexico 28
  • Chile 20
  • South Korea 15
  • China 12
  • Brazil 11
  • Bangladesh 10
  • Vietnam 7
  • Venezuela 7
  • Thailand 7

Worker's education

  • None 86
  • Bachelor's 74
  • Master's 34
  • High School 13
  • Other 1
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 45
  • F-1 15
  • H-1B1 13
  • TN 9
  • B-2 9
  • J-1 8
  • L-1 6
  • E-1 5
  • NOT IN USA 5
  • TPS 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.