Updated
PERM in Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
NAICS 481111
- Decisions
- 1,830
- Approved
- 92.9%
- Median certified wage
- $100,359
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 72 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 102 | 5 | 4 |
| FY2018 | 217 | 15 | 23 |
| FY2019 | 122 | 14 | 38 |
| FY2020 | 163 | 21 | 16 |
| FY2021 | 89 | 7 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 97 | 8 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 88 | 13 | 5 |
| FY2024 | 126 | 31 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 183 | 2 | 21 |
| FY2026 | 334 | 4 | 1 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 453
- Software Developers, Applications 345
- Software Developers 223
- Computer Occupations, All Other 75
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 63
- Operations Research Analysts 54
- Statisticians 43
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 33
- Software Developers, Systems Software 32
- Management Analysts 31
Worksite states
- Texas 814
- Massachusetts 350
- Georgia 124
- Florida 118
- Arizona 99
- Northern Mariana Islands 74
- New York 70
- Washington 35
- Oklahoma 22
- Ohio 21
Worksite cities
- Ft. Worth, TX 456
- Hyannis, MA 350
- Fort Worth, TX 233
- Atlanta, GA 123
- Tempe, AZ 92
- Dallas, TX 72
- Tinian, MP 67
- Fort Lauderdale, FL 65
- Long Island City, NY 59
- Irving, TX 44
Countries of citizenship
- India 684
- Brazil 104
- Philippines 60
- Colombia 35
- China 35
- Venezuela 29
- South Africa 27
- Canada 25
- South Korea 23
- Australia 16
Worker's education
- Master's 484
- Bachelor's 360
- None 338
- High School 58
- Doctorate 15
- Associate's 7
- Other 6
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 819
- CW-1 46
- F-1 34
- L-1 29
- E-3 16
- E-2 11
- B-2 9
- NOT IN USA 4
- TN 4
- F-2 4
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 through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
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