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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Other Support Activities for Air Transportation

NAICS 488190

Decisions
309
Approved
86.4%
Median certified wage
$68,557
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 52 7 0
FY2017 19 6 1
FY2018 21 4 1
FY2019 12 7 2
FY2020 21 3 1
FY2021 20 2 3
FY2022 11 2 0
FY2023 17 3 1
FY2024 16 2 3
FY2025 39 2 2
FY2026 26 2 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Florida 127
  • Texas 59
  • California 26
  • Illinois 14
  • North Carolina 13
  • Arizona 9
  • Georgia 8
  • Washington 6
  • New York 5
  • Virginia 5

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 66
  • Other 42
  • Master's 36
  • None 32
  • High School 31
  • Associate's 16
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 76
  • TN 36
  • NOT IN USA 21
  • L-1 12
  • B-2 12
  • F-1 9
  • B-1 6
  • E-2 4
  • TPS 1
  • E-3 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.