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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Optical Goods Stores

NAICS 446130

Decisions
78
Approved
94.5%
Median certified wage
$94,320
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 11 0 1
FY2017 8 0 0
FY2018 9 2 0
FY2019 6 0 0
FY2020 7 1 3
FY2021 8 1 0
FY2022 2 0 1
FY2023 7 0 0
FY2024 2 0 0
FY2025 7 0 0
FY2026 2 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 19
  • Ohio 16
  • New York 9
  • Georgia 8
  • Florida 8
  • Michigan 6
  • Pennsylvania 4
  • Maryland 2
  • Arizona 2
  • Texas 1

Worksite cities

  • Mason, OH 15
  • Los Angeles, CA 9
  • McDonough, GA 6
  • Miramar, FL 3
  • Southfield, MI 3
  • Miami, FL 3
  • New York, NY 3
  • Mt. Clemens, MI 3
  • Foothill Ranch, CA 2
  • Duluth, GA 2

Countries of citizenship

  • India 23
  • South Korea 17
  • Canada 6
  • Brazil 4
  • El Salvador 2
  • Lithuania 2
  • Italy 2
  • Colombia 2
  • China 2
  • Taiwan 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 27
  • None 14
  • Master's 13
  • Other 5
  • Doctorate 5
  • High School 4
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 29
  • F-1 12
  • L-1 4
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • E-2 3
  • EWI 2
  • TN 1
  • J-1 1
  • E-1 1

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.