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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Consumer Lending

NAICS 522291

Decisions
2,116
Approved
97.9%
Median certified wage
$123,208
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 142 10 5
FY2017 121 5 2
FY2018 127 2 5
FY2019 120 3 2
FY2020 184 3 5
FY2021 186 5 2
FY2022 228 3 13
FY2023 208 3 15
FY2024 249 1 19
FY2025 269 2 21
FY2026 142 5 9

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 698
  • Illinois 576
  • Texas 257
  • Michigan 143
  • New York 84
  • Utah 57
  • Arizona 52
  • Delaware 41
  • Nebraska 29
  • Florida 29

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 1,153
  • China 235
  • Canada 35
  • Brazil 16
  • Mexico 14
  • Nepal 12
  • France 10
  • Argentina 9
  • Malaysia 8
  • Taiwan 8

Worker's education

  • Master's 894
  • Bachelor's 657
  • Doctorate 32
  • Other 25
  • None 15
  • High School 6
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,490
  • F-1 49
  • TN 14
  • L-1 14
  • E-2 7
  • TPS 5
  • NOT IN USA 3
  • F-2 3
  • H-4 3
  • PAROLEE 3

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.