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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Commercial Banking

NAICS 522110

Decisions
8,416
Approved
98.7%
Median certified wage
$125,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 650 8 20
FY2017 540 15 15
FY2018 736 6 21
FY2019 564 19 31
FY2020 516 11 9
FY2021 821 10 16
FY2022 775 11 28
FY2023 818 8 28
FY2024 633 13 44
FY2025 801 5 49
FY2026 1,159 3 33

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New York 1,826
  • California 907
  • North Carolina 863
  • Massachusetts 610
  • Texas 586
  • Minnesota 561
  • New Jersey 552
  • Illinois 420
  • Florida 331
  • Georgia 326

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 3,251
  • Bachelor's 2,731
  • Doctorate 159
  • Other 121
  • None 33
  • Associate's 6
  • High School 5

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 5,335
  • L-1 531
  • F-1 112
  • E-2 93
  • TN 47
  • NOT IN USA 28
  • E-3 26
  • H-4 10
  • PAROLEE 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.