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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Other Sound Recording Industries

NAICS 512290

Decisions
292
Approved
99.0%
Median certified wage
$157,489
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 14 0 1
FY2017 6 0 0
FY2018 16 1 0
FY2019 20 1 0
FY2020 22 0 1
FY2021 33 0 1
FY2022 28 0 0
FY2023 26 1 1
FY2024 20 0 1
FY2025 50 0 0
FY2026 49 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New York 242
  • California 26
  • Massachusetts 16
  • Florida 6
  • Illinois 1
  • Utah 1

Worksite cities

  • New York, NY 242
  • Santa Clara, CA 13
  • Boston, MA 9
  • Somerville, MA 7
  • Miami, FL 6
  • San Francisco, CA 5
  • Los Angeles, CA 5
  • Chicago, IL 1
  • Berkeley, CA 1
  • Woodland Hills, CA 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 52
  • China 23
  • Sweden 21
  • Canada 18
  • France 9
  • Australia 9
  • Brazil 6
  • United Kingdom 5
  • Germany 4
  • Colombia 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 94
  • Bachelor's 77
  • None 14
  • Doctorate 4
  • Other 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 124
  • L-1 47
  • E-3 7
  • F-1 6
  • TN 3
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • O-1 2

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.