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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (group 51711)

NAICS 517110

Decisions
466
Approved
97.3%
Median certified wage
$111,613
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 159 2 2
FY2017 70 2 3
FY2018 104 5 7
FY2019 40 3 2
FY2020 26 0 0
FY2021 7 0 1
FY2022 12 0 0
FY2023 10 0 1
FY2024 10 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 190
  • Colorado 74
  • Florida 30
  • New York 21
  • Texas 18
  • Louisiana 17
  • New Jersey 16
  • Virginia 15
  • Illinois 12
  • Massachusetts 11

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 273
  • China 28
  • Canada 20
  • Mexico 13
  • United Kingdom 11
  • Taiwan 10
  • Colombia 9
  • Spain 9
  • Argentina 9
  • Brazil 7

Worker's education

  • Master's 258
  • Bachelor's 165
  • Doctorate 13
  • Other 12
  • None 12
  • High School 3
  • Associate's 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 382
  • L-1 31
  • F-1 14
  • TN 13
  • E-2 7
  • PAROLEE 3
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • H-4 2
  • H-1B1 1
  • B-2 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.