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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Newspaper Publishers

NAICS 511110

Decisions
442
Approved
93.5%
Median certified wage
$61,880
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 87 3 2
FY2017 57 6 3
FY2018 56 6 3
FY2019 27 4 3
FY2020 34 2 3
FY2021 37 1 4
FY2022 34 1 0
FY2023 15 1 1
FY2024 14 3 1
FY2025 20 0 4
FY2026 10 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New York 114
  • California 93
  • New Jersey 52
  • Illinois 36
  • Texas 34
  • District of Columbia 28
  • Georgia 21
  • Florida 16
  • Virginia 13
  • Maryland 10

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 207
  • Master's 150
  • High School 23
  • None 13
  • Associate's 12

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 216
  • F-1 66
  • E-2 34
  • I 14
  • B-2 9
  • J-1 8
  • L-1 8
  • NOT IN USA 5
  • F-2 4
  • O-1 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: 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.