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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Deep Sea Freight Transportation

NAICS 483111

Decisions
137
Approved
94.7%
Median certified wage
$95,008
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 16 3 0
FY2017 13 2 0
FY2018 14 2 0
FY2019 11 0 0
FY2020 11 0 1
FY2021 16 0 0
FY2022 3 0 0
FY2023 8 0 0
FY2024 8 0 3
FY2025 10 0 1
FY2026 15 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Florida 37
  • Texas 24
  • New York 14
  • California 11
  • Virginia 9
  • New Jersey 8
  • Connecticut 7
  • Maryland 7
  • Michigan 4
  • Arizona 3

Worksite cities

  • Houston, TX 21
  • Jacksonville, FL 15
  • Miami, FL 10
  • New York, NY 9
  • Norfolk, VA 8
  • Annapolis, MD 7
  • Stamford, CT 5
  • San Jose, CA 5
  • Romulus, MI 4
  • Miramar, FL 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 16
  • Turkey 14
  • Denmark 10
  • Venezuela 7
  • China 7
  • Brazil 7
  • Canada 5
  • United Kingdom 4
  • Hong Kong 3
  • Norway 3

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 43
  • Master's 34
  • None 17
  • Other 7
  • Associate's 4
  • High School 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 44
  • L-1 31
  • F-1 6
  • E-2 6
  • TN 3
  • H-1B1 2
  • B-2 2
  • O-1 2
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • J-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.