Updated
PERM in Portfolio Management
NAICS 523920
- Decisions
- 4,952
- Approved
- 98.2%
- Median certified wage
- $140,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 356 | 13 | 7 |
| FY2017 | 307 | 8 | 7 |
| FY2018 | 398 | 3 | 9 |
| FY2019 | 457 | 7 | 7 |
| FY2020 | 395 | 3 | 8 |
| FY2021 | 525 | 16 | 15 |
| FY2022 | 460 | 14 | 18 |
| FY2023 | 450 | 10 | 24 |
| FY2024 | 556 | 5 | 34 |
| FY2025 | 496 | 1 | 23 |
| FY2026 | 301 | 4 | 15 |
Top sponsors
- BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. 538
- TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 261
- The Vanguard Group 250
- Pacific Investment Management Company LLC 164
- CITADEL SECURITIES AMERICAS LLC 150
- CITADEL AMERICAS LLC 149
- Wellington Management Company LLP 148
- CITADEL LLC 108
- Invesco Group Services, Inc. 102
- SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY 100
Top occupations
- Financial Analysts 1,147
- Software Developers, Applications 672
- Financial Quantitative Analysts 498
- Software Developers, Systems Software 375
- Statisticians 357
- Software Developers 304
- Financial Managers 198
- Computer Systems Analysts 195
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 124
- Accountants and Auditors 122
Worksite states
- New York 2,069
- California 617
- Illinois 413
- Pennsylvania 367
- Massachusetts 339
- Connecticut 245
- Texas 178
- Florida 123
- Delaware 100
- Georgia 98
Worksite cities
- New York, NY 2,040
- Chicago, IL 405
- Boston, MA 294
- San Francisco, CA 284
- Malvern, PA 214
- Newport Beach, CA 121
- Wilmington, DE 100
- Atlanta, GA 96
- Oaks, PA 76
- Miami, FL 70
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,391
- China 1,192
- Canada 320
- United Kingdom 103
- South Korea 79
- France 67
- Australia 57
- Vietnam 40
- Germany 39
- Mexico 39
Worker's education
- Master's 2,126
- Bachelor's 1,478
- Doctorate 342
- Other 52
- None 25
- High School 10
- Associate's 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 3,335
- L-1 241
- F-1 184
- TN 82
- E-3 33
- E-2 27
- NOT IN USA 26
- O-1 15
- J-1 8
- H-1B1 5
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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