PERM in Sound Recording Industries (group 5122)
NAICS 512220
- Decisions
- 128
- Approved
- 98.4%
- Median certified wage
- $132,855
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2024
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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC. 78
- DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION 30
- AUDIBLE, INC. 11
- Warner Music Group Corp 5
- SoStereo Music Group LLC 1
- A52, LLC 1
- UMG RECORDINGS, INC. 1
- BRICKS AND MORTAR MEDIA 1
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 30
- Software Developers, Applications 18
- Computer Occupations, All Other 12
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 10
- Computer Systems Analysts 9
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 6
- Marketing Managers 6
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 5
- Sales Engineers 4
- Computer and Information Research Scientists 3
Worksite states
- California 112
- New Jersey 11
- New York 4
- Florida 1
Worksite cities
- San Francisco, CA 70
- Sunnyvale, CA 35
- Newark, NJ 11
- Burbank, CA 5
- New York, NY 4
- Santa Monica, CA 2
- Miami, FL 1
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 74
- Bachelor's 43
- Doctorate 4
- Other 4
- None 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 105
- L-1 17
- B-2 1
- F-1 1
- E-2 1
- E-3 1
- O-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.