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PERM in Investment Banking and Securities Dealing
NAICS 523110
- Decisions
- 12,218
- Approved
- 98.8%
- Median certified wage
- $138,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 1,274 | 14 | 24 |
| FY2017 | 1,002 | 21 | 26 |
| FY2018 | 1,384 | 10 | 25 |
| FY2019 | 1,173 | 16 | 20 |
| FY2020 | 1,015 | 12 | 17 |
| FY2021 | 1,262 | 9 | 31 |
| FY2022 | 1,120 | 12 | 37 |
| FY2023 | 1,309 | 18 | 33 |
| FY2024 | 911 | 17 | 38 |
| FY2025 | 900 | 3 | 28 |
| FY2026 | 438 | 8 | 11 |
Top sponsors
- Citibank, N.A. 1,130
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 1,010
- Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. 844
- Barclays Services Corp. 596
- Goldman Sachs Services LLC 581
- Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 511
- UBS Business Solutions US LLC 399
- Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. 389
- Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC 381
- DB Global Technology, Inc. 330
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 2,494
- Financial Analysts 2,048
- Computer Systems Analysts 878
- Financial Quantitative Analysts 787
- Software Developers 780
- Financial Managers 707
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 614
- Software Developers, Systems Software 592
- Computer Occupations, All Other 457
- Statisticians 403
Worksite states
- New York 6,701
- New Jersey 1,452
- Texas 865
- Florida 719
- North Carolina 515
- Illinois 417
- California 265
- Delaware 248
- Utah 227
- Pennsylvania 196
Worksite cities
- New York, NY 6,514
- Jersey City, NJ 696
- Chicago, IL 363
- Cary, NC 330
- Whippany, NJ 329
- Irving, TX 272
- Weehawken, NJ 248
- Salt Lake City, UT 220
- Tampa, FL 219
- Wilmington, DE 216
Countries of citizenship
- India 5,543
- China 1,450
- Canada 482
- United Kingdom 448
- France 385
- Brazil 281
- South Korea 146
- Mexico 144
- Australia 115
- Russia 92
Worker's education
- Master's 5,321
- Bachelor's 4,684
- Doctorate 354
- Other 262
- None 66
- High School 17
- Associate's 8
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 8,483
- L-1 1,549
- E-2 245
- F-1 122
- TN 87
- E-3 56
- NOT IN USA 30
- H-4 21
- PAROLEE 11
- L-2 10
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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