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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

NAICS 518210

Decisions
13,079
Approved
98.1%
Median certified wage
$141,831
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 589 23 32
FY2017 465 14 12
FY2018 717 12 22
FY2019 834 15 19
FY2020 852 11 14
FY2021 889 15 46
FY2022 1,803 14 167
FY2023 2,024 53 297
FY2024 1,940 50 131
FY2025 1,097 8 97
FY2026 762 17 38

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 6,939
  • Washington 1,303
  • Texas 1,029
  • New York 738
  • Massachusetts 467
  • Virginia 403
  • Georgia 397
  • New Jersey 390
  • Wisconsin 388
  • Illinois 141

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 7,187
  • Bachelor's 3,151
  • Doctorate 292
  • None 110
  • Other 67
  • Associate's 19
  • High School 12

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 9,391
  • F-1 543
  • L-1 412
  • TN 152
  • NOT IN USA 74
  • E-3 31
  • H-4 30
  • O-1 28
  • E-2 19
  • PAROLEE 14

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.