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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in General Merchandise Stores (group 452)

NAICS 452990

Decisions
190
Approved
92.3%
Median certified wage
$22,048
Years
FY2016 to FY2024

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 13 1 1
FY2017 11 3 1
FY2018 11 2 0
FY2019 4 2 0
FY2020 4 1 1
FY2021 9 1 0
FY2022 6 0 0
FY2023 7 0 45
FY2024 66 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Georgia 111
  • California 24
  • Texas 10
  • New York 10
  • Florida 7
  • Tennessee 7
  • Virginia 4
  • Minnesota 3
  • New Jersey 3
  • Missouri 2

Worksite cities

  • Marietta, GA 111
  • Goodlettsville, TN 7
  • Santa Ana, CA 7
  • Los Angeles, CA 6
  • New York, NY 5
  • Brooklyn, NY 4
  • Dallas, TX 3
  • Minneapolis, MN 3
  • Huntington Park, CA 2
  • Miami, FL 2

Countries of citizenship

  • Vietnam 41
  • Brazil 34
  • South Korea 18
  • India 18
  • Bangladesh 15
  • Cambodia 12
  • Turkey 8
  • Mexico 6
  • Pakistan 6
  • Mongolia 5

Worker's education

  • None 120
  • Bachelor's 35
  • Master's 20
  • High School 10
  • Associate's 3
  • Other 2

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 87
  • F-1 36
  • H-1B 30
  • B-2 9
  • E-2 5
  • F-2 4
  • J-1 2
  • L-1 1
  • TPS 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.