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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Other Telecommunications (group 51791)

NAICS 517910

Decisions
396
Approved
92.4%
Median certified wage
$103,800
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 101 9 4
FY2017 48 4 2
FY2018 74 4 4
FY2019 55 7 2
FY2020 25 1 0
FY2021 18 1 1
FY2022 20 0 0
FY2023 7 3 0
FY2024 5 0 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 97
  • Georgia 80
  • Florida 48
  • Pennsylvania 40
  • Texas 38
  • New Jersey 26
  • Virginia 18
  • New York 8
  • Illinois 7
  • Colorado 5

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 244
  • China 27
  • Canada 17
  • Mexico 11
  • Bangladesh 8
  • Australia 7
  • Taiwan 6
  • Pakistan 5
  • South Korea 5
  • Colombia 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 223
  • Bachelor's 150
  • None 8
  • Other 7
  • Doctorate 4
  • Associate's 2
  • High School 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 320
  • L-1 20
  • TN 17
  • E-3 7
  • F-1 7
  • E-1 3
  • E-2 2
  • B-2 2
  • H-1B1 1
  • H-4 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.