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PERM in Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities
NAICS 523999
- Decisions
- 1,832
- Approved
- 98.2%
- Median certified wage
- $104,575
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 293 | 6 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 287 | 7 | 6 |
| FY2018 | 304 | 6 | 6 |
| FY2019 | 175 | 4 | 5 |
| FY2020 | 140 | 2 | 6 |
| FY2021 | 181 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 138 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 94 | 4 | 4 |
| FY2024 | 48 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 41 | 1 | 6 |
| FY2026 | 50 | 0 | 2 |
Top sponsors
- FMR LLC 950
- The Options Clearing Corporation 110
- MSCI, INC. 101
- E*TRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 65
- STANDARD & POOR'S FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC 45
- Acorns Grow Incorporated 17
- GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 17
- ETRADE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 13
- S&P Global Market Intelligence Inc. 13
- PROMONTORY FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC 11
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 754
- Financial Analysts 215
- Computer Systems Analysts 156
- Software Developers, Systems Software 101
- Computer Occupations, All Other 90
- Statisticians 55
- Software Developers 49
- Database Administrators 49
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 43
- Financial Managers 36
Worksite states
- North Carolina 445
- New York 265
- Texas 240
- Massachusetts 158
- California 151
- New Hampshire 106
- Illinois 96
- Rhode Island 65
- New Jersey 59
- Florida 41
Worksite cities
- Durham, NC 423
- New York, NY 259
- Boston, MA 156
- Westlake, TX 148
- Merrimack, NH 106
- Chicago, IL 90
- Dallas, TX 65
- Smithfield, RI 65
- Menlo Park, CA 43
- Jersey City, NJ 35
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 883
- Bachelor's 764
- Doctorate 32
- None 29
- Other 13
- High School 4
- Associate's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,473
- L-1 131
- F-1 43
- TN 17
- H-4 8
- E-2 6
- H-1B1 6
- O-1 4
- NOT IN USA 3
- E-3 3
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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