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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Commodity Contracts Brokerage

NAICS 523140

Decisions
95
Approved
96.6%
Median certified wage
$106,335
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 12 0 1
FY2017 7 0 0
FY2018 7 0 4
FY2019 4 0 0
FY2020 13 1 0
FY2021 4 1 2
FY2022 5 1 1
FY2023 8 0 0
FY2024 6 0 0
FY2025 12 0 0
FY2026 6 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Illinois 45
  • New York 16
  • Texas 13
  • Florida 9
  • New Jersey 8
  • California 2
  • Tennessee 1
  • Maine 1

Worksite cities

  • Chicago, IL 44
  • New York, NY 12
  • Miami, FL 8
  • Jersey City, NJ 7
  • Houston, TX 7
  • The Woodlands, TX 4
  • New York City, NY 3
  • Sugar Land, TX 2
  • Deer Park, IL 1
  • Glendale, CA 1

Countries of citizenship

  • China 19
  • India 14
  • Canada 7
  • United Kingdom 6
  • Singapore 4
  • Mexico 4
  • France 4
  • Brazil 4
  • Colombia 2
  • Venezuela 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 33
  • Master's 32
  • None 7
  • Other 2
  • High School 1
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 61
  • E-2 4
  • L-1 4
  • TN 1
  • NOT IN USA 1

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.