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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Sporting Goods Stores

NAICS 451110

Decisions
427
Approved
96.1%
Median certified wage
$120,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 19 1 2
FY2017 19 1 1
FY2018 29 3 1
FY2019 13 1 1
FY2020 42 0 0
FY2021 47 0 0
FY2022 70 3 2
FY2023 35 1 5
FY2024 37 1 1
FY2025 45 4 0
FY2026 38 1 4

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New York 159
  • Pennsylvania 42
  • Texas 41
  • Illinois 39
  • Washington 36
  • Florida 35
  • California 22
  • Missouri 15
  • Colorado 10
  • New Jersey 5

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 201
  • China 27
  • South Korea 21
  • Canada 10
  • Brazil 8
  • Japan 7
  • Colombia 7
  • Venezuela 6
  • South Africa 4
  • Taiwan 4

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 153
  • Master's 143
  • High School 15
  • None 13
  • Associate's 5
  • Other 3
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 248
  • F-1 25
  • O-1 10
  • TN 9
  • B-2 8
  • NOT IN USA 8
  • E-3 3
  • F-2 3
  • C-3 2
  • 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.