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PERM sponsorship by industry

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  • withdrawn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. 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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 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

Top occupations

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

Countries of citizenship

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: 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.