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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance

NAICS 484230

Decisions
470
Approved
67.6%
Median certified wage
$47,944
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 3 0 0
FY2017 4 2 0
FY2018 7 1 0
FY2019 100 19 3
FY2020 38 59 5
FY2021 6 0 14
FY2022 35 26 2
FY2023 10 28 1
FY2024 13 8 2
FY2025 61 0 0
FY2026 21 0 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Colorado 172
  • Texas 82
  • Kansas 67
  • Oregon 29
  • Virginia 23
  • Nebraska 21
  • Maryland 15
  • California 12
  • Utah 11
  • Illinois 8

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • None 330
  • Bachelor's 25
  • High School 11
  • Master's 11
  • Associate's 1
  • Other 1
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 316
  • H-1B 20
  • E-2 5
  • B-2 4
  • L-1 2
  • EWI 2
  • F-1 2
  • H-3 1
  • TPS 1
  • B-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.