Skip to main content

PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Telecommunications Resellers

NAICS 517911

Decisions
158
Approved
94.8%
Median certified wage
$114,161
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 6 0 0
FY2017 9 2 0
FY2018 8 0 0
FY2019 7 0 1
FY2020 9 0 0
FY2021 17 0 2
FY2022 27 0 1
FY2023 15 2 0
FY2024 8 2 0
FY2025 30 2 0
FY2026 9 0 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 36
  • Utah 30
  • Florida 20
  • New York 17
  • Illinois 11
  • New Jersey 10
  • Georgia 7
  • Texas 7
  • Virginia 6
  • District of Columbia 2

Worksite cities

  • Sandy, UT 29
  • New York, NY 15
  • Costa Mesa, CA 11
  • Chicago, IL 9
  • Miami, FL 9
  • Holmdel, NJ 5
  • Atlanta, GA 5
  • Redwood City, CA 5
  • San Francisco, CA 4
  • Newark, NJ 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 55
  • China 11
  • Brazil 7
  • Venezuela 7
  • South Korea 5
  • Ireland 4
  • Spain 4
  • Mexico 3
  • Pakistan 3
  • Jordan 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 49
  • Master's 49
  • None 7
  • High School 3
  • Other 3
  • Associate's 3
  • Doctorate 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 76
  • F-1 12
  • L-1 8
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • B-2 3
  • TN 3
  • E-2 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.