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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Shoe Stores

NAICS 448210

Decisions
157
Approved
95.4%
Median certified wage
$99,296
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 0 0
FY2017 21 1 0
FY2018 18 1 2
FY2019 20 0 0
FY2020 9 2 0
FY2021 7 1 0
FY2022 8 1 0
FY2023 9 1 0
FY2024 7 0 1
FY2025 7 0 1
FY2026 3 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 45
  • Ohio 39
  • New York 17
  • Illinois 14
  • Kansas 13
  • Florida 9
  • Indiana 8
  • Northern Mariana Islands 2
  • Guam 2
  • Connecticut 2

Worksite cities

  • Columbus, OH 39
  • Goleta, CA 32
  • Chicago, IL 14
  • Topeka, KS 13
  • New York, NY 10
  • Indianapolis, IN 7
  • Los Angeles, CA 4
  • Pompano Beach, FL 3
  • Hialeah, FL 2
  • Brooklyn, NY 2

Countries of citizenship

  • India 80
  • South Korea 23
  • Venezuela 5
  • China 5
  • Pakistan 4
  • Italy 4
  • Canada 3
  • France 2
  • Japan 2
  • Belarus 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 71
  • Master's 46
  • High School 11
  • None 10
  • Other 3
  • Associate's 2
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 105
  • F-1 11
  • E-2 6
  • F-2 4
  • B-2 4
  • NOT IN USA 3
  • TN 2
  • H-4 1
  • H-3 1
  • L-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.