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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload

NAICS 484121

Decisions
4,435
Approved
90.0%
Median certified wage
$46,114
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 18 3 1
FY2017 17 5 3
FY2018 44 8 2
FY2019 524 46 215
FY2020 325 57 17
FY2021 486 21 30
FY2022 440 44 43
FY2023 557 91 108
FY2024 479 31 19
FY2025 376 15 62
FY2026 251 71 26

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 1,324
  • Oregon 531
  • Arkansas 405
  • Illinois 357
  • Florida 244
  • Wisconsin 181
  • Arizona 175
  • Tennessee 153
  • California 152
  • Michigan 138

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • None 2,921
  • Master's 294
  • Bachelor's 212
  • High School 113
  • Other 18
  • Associate's 12

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 2,329
  • H-1B 421
  • B-1 254
  • B-2 43
  • F-1 32
  • H-2A 20
  • TN 13
  • E-2 13
  • J-1 7
  • H-2B 5

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.