Updated
PERM in Book Publishers
NAICS 511130
- Decisions
- 260
- Approved
- 96.8%
- Median certified wage
- $120,000
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 31 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
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Worksite states
- Massachusetts 64
- New Jersey 47
- New York 38
- California 23
- Michigan 22
- North Carolina 16
- Illinois 12
- Florida 9
- Colorado 5
- Ohio 4
Worksite cities
- Boston, MA 49
- Hoboken, NJ 42
- New York, NY 29
- Farmington Hills, MI 22
- Ipswich, MA 10
- San Francisco, CA 8
- Durham, NC 7
- New Rochelle, NY 6
- Los Angeles, CA 5
- Centennial, CO 5
Countries of citizenship
- India 158
- China 14
- United Kingdom 12
- South Korea 9
- Mexico 7
- Canada 6
- Australia 4
- Iran 3
- Russia 3
- Bangladesh 3
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 120
- Master's 109
- High School 5
- Doctorate 4
- None 4
- Other 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 196
- F-1 8
- L-1 7
- TN 5
- O-1 4
- NOT IN USA 3
- E-3 2
- E-2 2
- F-2 2
- TD 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 through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
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