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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers

NAICS 424490

Decisions
310
Approved
91.4%
Median certified wage
$65,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 37 7 1
FY2017 31 4 1
FY2018 38 1 0
FY2019 25 3 0
FY2020 23 5 0
FY2021 22 1 0
FY2022 15 0 0
FY2023 19 3 1
FY2024 26 1 0
FY2025 26 0 2
FY2026 15 1 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 85
  • New Jersey 48
  • New York 39
  • Texas 29
  • Florida 29
  • Georgia 12
  • Illinois 10
  • North Carolina 6
  • Pennsylvania 5
  • Maryland 5

Worksite cities

  • City of Industry, CA 14
  • Miami, FL 10
  • Norwalk, CA 10
  • Houston, TX 9
  • Dallas, TX 8
  • Brooklyn, NY 7
  • Commerce, CA 7
  • South Hackensack, NJ 6
  • East Point, GA 6
  • Pompano Beach, FL 5

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 97
  • Master's 87
  • None 42
  • High School 22
  • Associate's 7
  • Other 4
  • Doctorate 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 87
  • F-1 38
  • E-2 34
  • E-1 13
  • NOT IN USA 11
  • B-2 10
  • TN 8
  • J-1 6
  • H-4 5
  • B-1 5

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.