Updated
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- withdrawn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. 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 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
- BANK OF AMERICA 1,228
- U.S. Bank National Association 608
- State Street Bank and Trust Company 453
- Citibank, N.A. 370
- MUFG UNION BANK, N.A. 297
- Truist Bank 288
- CAPITAL ONE SERVICES II LLC 282
- BOFA SECURITIES, INC. 270
- HSBC BANK USA, N.A. 256
- BANK OF AMERICA N.A. 236
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
- New York, NY 1,604
- Charlotte, NC 669
- Minneapolis, MN 489
- Jersey City, NJ 362
- Boston, MA 338
- San Francisco, CA 330
- Atlanta, GA 299
- Chicago, IL 249
- Irving, TX 196
- Los Angeles, CA 178
Countries of citizenship
- India 4,008
- China 980
- Canada 172
- United Kingdom 116
- Spain 105
- Brazil 97
- South Korea 83
- Mexico 82
- Taiwan 46
- France 43
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 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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