Updated
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- withdrawn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. 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 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
- Robinhood Markets, Inc. 330
- IBG LLC 24
- RAYMOND JAMES ASSOCIATES 24
- Millennium Advisors, LLC 19
- Cantor Fitzgerald Co 19
- BGC PARTNERS INC. 18
- TRANSMARKET OPERATIONS LLC 16
- Interactive Brokers LLC 14
- Clear Street Management LLC 14
- BULLTICK FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC 11
Top occupations
- Software Developers 140
- Software Developers, Applications 115
- Software Developers, Systems Software 95
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 70
- Financial Analysts 69
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 40
- Statisticians 37
- Financial Managers 34
- Computer Systems Analysts 25
- Financial Quantitative Analysts 22
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
- Menlo Park, CA 297
- New York, NY 222
- Chicago, IL 57
- Greenwich, CT 35
- Miami, FL 33
- Jersey City, NJ 28
- St. Petersburg, FL 22
- Charlotte, NC 17
- St. Louis, MO 13
- Parsippany, NJ 13
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 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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