Updated
PERM in All Other Telecommunications
NAICS 517919
- Decisions
- 1,401
- Approved
- 99.2%
- Median certified wage
- $116,819
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 123 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 242 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2019 | 209 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 187 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2021 | 152 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 145 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 100 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 88 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 39 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2026 | 61 | 0 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- Verizon Communications, Inc. and all its subsidiaries and affiliates 442
- NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION 404
- ALCATEL LUCENT USA, INC. 130
- Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC 68
- GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC. 32
- BANDWIDTH, INC. 21
- 8x8, Inc. 19
- TELEWORLD SOLUTIONS INC 15
- VONAGE AMERICA LLC 14
- Transaction Network Services, Inc. 13
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Systems Software 311
- Software Developers, Applications 287
- Computer Occupations, All Other 92
- Electrical Engineers 86
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 71
- Software Developers 60
- Computer Systems Analysts 57
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 54
- Sales Engineers 44
- Computer Network Architects 44
Worksite states
- California 390
- Texas 327
- New Jersey 228
- Florida 76
- North Carolina 63
- Georgia 52
- Virginia 49
- Washington 46
- New York 37
- Illinois 25
Worksite cities
- Irving, TX 178
- Mountain View, CA 144
- Sunnyvale, CA 96
- Dallas, TX 83
- Murray Hill, NJ 72
- Basking Ridge, NJ 57
- Raleigh, NC 56
- Temple Terrace, FL 48
- Piscataway, NJ 42
- Austin, TX 38
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 639
- Bachelor's 592
- Other 19
- None 17
- Doctorate 11
- Associate's 6
- High School 5
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 980
- L-1 223
- F-1 25
- TN 22
- NOT IN USA 7
- E-2 3
- B-2 2
- L-2 2
- H-1B1 2
- 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 through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
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