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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Securities Brokerage

NAICS 523120

Decisions
826
Approved
97.2%
Median certified wage
$150,500
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 69 4 1
FY2017 64 4 3
FY2018 48 0 3
FY2019 41 3 2
FY2020 66 4 4
FY2021 60 1 3
FY2022 88 2 4
FY2023 72 0 5
FY2024 141 2 0
FY2025 62 1 2
FY2026 66 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 325
  • New York 225
  • Florida 68
  • Illinois 59
  • New Jersey 46
  • Connecticut 36
  • Texas 19
  • North Carolina 17
  • Missouri 14
  • Washington 5

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 421
  • Bachelor's 232
  • Doctorate 18
  • None 9
  • Associate's 4
  • Other 4
  • High School 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 591
  • L-1 27
  • E-2 19
  • F-1 12
  • TN 12
  • NOT IN USA 5
  • L-2 4
  • TPS 3
  • PAROLEE 2
  • F-2 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.