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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Radio Broadcasting Stations

NAICS 516110

Decisions
1,001
Approved
97.8%
Median certified wage
$113,610
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 257 9 14
FY2017 137 3 3
FY2018 182 2 7
FY2019 139 6 3
FY2020 107 0 8
FY2021 86 1 1
FY2022 8 0 1
FY2023 15 0 1
FY2024 4 0 1
FY2025 0 0 0
FY2026 6 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 465
  • North Carolina 104
  • New York 88
  • Georgia 84
  • Florida 49
  • Texas 49
  • Utah 39
  • Illinois 35
  • Pennsylvania 20
  • Washington 19

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 574
  • Bachelor's 356
  • Doctorate 28
  • Other 16
  • None 13
  • Associate's 4
  • High School 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 865
  • F-1 33
  • L-1 28
  • TN 17
  • E-2 11
  • O-1 6
  • I 5
  • H-1B1 3
  • E-3 3
  • J-1 3

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.