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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Credit Card Issuing

NAICS 522210

Decisions
5,177
Approved
99.3%
Median certified wage
$114,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 476 4 11
FY2017 445 3 9
FY2018 677 13 16
FY2019 677 2 6
FY2020 426 2 5
FY2021 481 3 8
FY2022 350 2 1
FY2023 304 1 25
FY2024 338 1 11
FY2025 393 3 15
FY2026 466 1 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Virginia 1,330
  • Arizona 1,008
  • Illinois 829
  • New York 712
  • Missouri 554
  • Texas 317
  • Florida 153
  • California 76
  • Delaware 70
  • Utah 37

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 3,368
  • China 589
  • Canada 45
  • Mexico 26
  • Nepal 17
  • Taiwan 13
  • United Kingdom 12
  • Iran 12
  • Australia 11
  • South Korea 11

Worker's education

  • Master's 2,136
  • Bachelor's 1,947
  • Doctorate 95
  • Other 34
  • None 26
  • High School 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 4,052
  • L-1 107
  • F-1 20
  • TN 17
  • H-4 10
  • PAROLEE 7
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • G-4 2
  • A1/A2 2
  • O-1 2

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.