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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in New Car Dealers

NAICS 441110

Decisions
244
Approved
87.0%
Median certified wage
$48,732
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 14 2 1
FY2017 4 4 0
FY2018 16 2 0
FY2019 47 10 1
FY2020 20 2 2
FY2021 17 3 1
FY2022 6 2 0
FY2023 16 0 3
FY2024 16 2 3
FY2025 20 3 1
FY2026 24 0 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 40
  • Georgia 39
  • Florida 37
  • California 32
  • Maryland 12
  • Illinois 11
  • New York 9
  • Pennsylvania 6
  • Virginia 6
  • Connecticut 6

Worksite cities

  • El Paso, TX 25
  • Buford, GA 10
  • Miami, FL 9
  • Newark, CA 8
  • Woodstock, GA 8
  • Morrow, GA 7
  • Doral, FL 7
  • Chamblee, GA 7
  • White Plains, NY 5
  • Houston, TX 5

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 36
  • Venezuela 22
  • Mexico 19
  • Zimbabwe 16
  • India 12
  • South Africa 11
  • United Kingdom 6
  • China 6
  • El Salvador 6
  • Canada 6

Worker's education

  • None 77
  • High School 43
  • Bachelor's 35
  • Master's 23
  • Associate's 8
  • Other 3
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 53
  • H-1B 26
  • F-1 14
  • B-2 13
  • E-2 10
  • TPS 9
  • TN 5
  • J-2 3
  • L-1 3
  • PAROLEE 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: 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.