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PERM in Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
NAICS 519130
- Decisions
- 3,100
- Approved
- 98.8%
- Median certified wage
- $140,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 178 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2018 | 252 | 5 | 14 |
| FY2019 | 279 | 2 | 10 |
| FY2020 | 445 | 5 | 8 |
| FY2021 | 401 | 4 | 16 |
| FY2022 | 394 | 3 | 22 |
| FY2023 | 354 | 7 | 30 |
| FY2024 | 401 | 5 | 11 |
| FY2025 | 168 | 3 | 8 |
| FY2026 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- OATH HOLDINGS INC. 493
- Pinterest, Inc. 481
- ByteDance Inc. 414
- INDEED INC. 218
- Yelp Inc. 200
- GODADDY.COM, LLC 87
- Reddit, Inc. 80
- Yahoo Holdings Inc. 70
- Criteo Corp 69
- CBS Interactive, Inc. 68
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 853
- Software Developers, Systems Software 733
- Software Developers 269
- Computer Occupations, All Other 155
- Statisticians 154
- Computer Systems Analysts 108
- Data Scientists 100
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 92
- Marketing Managers 59
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 59
Worksite states
- California 2,085
- New York 287
- Washington 191
- Texas 153
- Massachusetts 79
- Illinois 51
- Virginia 41
- Arizona 38
- Florida 33
- North Carolina 21
Worksite cities
- San Francisco, CA 911
- Sunnyvale, CA 458
- Mountain View, CA 295
- New York, NY 264
- Austin, TX 137
- Seattle, WA 114
- San Jose, CA 82
- Palo Alto, CA 66
- Los Angeles, CA 51
- Santa Monica, CA 49
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,172
- China 1,023
- Canada 105
- Taiwan 64
- France 51
- South Korea 42
- United Kingdom 31
- Brazil 27
- Russia 23
- Australia 21
Worker's education
- Master's 2,034
- Bachelor's 614
- Doctorate 128
- None 43
- Other 14
- High School 12
- Associate's 5
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 2,486
- L-1 143
- F-1 58
- TN 29
- O-1 25
- NOT IN USA 18
- H-4 15
- E-3 13
- E-2 10
- L-2 8
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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