Updated
PERM in Investment Advice
NAICS 523930
- Decisions
- 2,440
- Approved
- 96.9%
- Median certified wage
- $120,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 270 | 13 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 200 | 10 | 9 |
| FY2018 | 349 | 9 | 10 |
| FY2019 | 168 | 4 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 196 | 10 | 4 |
| FY2021 | 269 | 3 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 175 | 6 | 6 |
| FY2023 | 198 | 12 | 8 |
| FY2024 | 140 | 2 | 14 |
| FY2025 | 215 | 2 | 14 |
| FY2026 | 104 | 3 | 1 |
Top sponsors
- AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC. 183
- T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC. 175
- AllianceBernstein, L.P. 152
- AQR Capital Management, LLC 115
- Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC 99
- Lincoln National Corporation 89
- Fitch Ratings, Inc. 61
- Edelman Financial Engines, LLC 46
- MARKIT 43
- S&P GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE, INC. 41
Top occupations
Worksite states
- New York 697
- California 314
- Minnesota 190
- Maryland 180
- Connecticut 149
- Massachusetts 139
- Illinois 118
- Texas 95
- Pennsylvania 78
- Florida 68
Worksite cities
- New York, NY 652
- Minneapolis, MN 181
- Owings Mills, MD 127
- Greenwich, CT 125
- Boston, MA 107
- Chicago, IL 102
- San Francisco, CA 89
- Nashville, TN 61
- Sunnyvale, CA 44
- Baltimore, MD 42
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,027
- China 421
- Canada 108
- United Kingdom 52
- France 30
- South Korea 27
- Brazil 25
- Mexico 23
- Russia 21
- Germany 17
Worker's education
- Master's 1,154
- Bachelor's 782
- Doctorate 76
- Other 21
- None 21
- High School 11
- Associate's 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,711
- L-1 83
- F-1 80
- TN 41
- E-2 27
- NOT IN USA 25
- B-2 10
- J-1 9
- H-4 8
- O-1 6
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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