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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Insurance Agencies and Brokerages

NAICS 524210

Decisions
2,346
Approved
95.0%
Median certified wage
$106,880
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 166 3 6
FY2017 138 7 5
FY2018 124 10 5
FY2019 153 14 10
FY2020 126 9 5
FY2021 172 11 10
FY2022 203 9 12
FY2023 224 7 10
FY2024 171 9 20
FY2025 319 15 29
FY2026 307 16 21

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 343
  • Texas 310
  • Illinois 310
  • Florida 223
  • New York 212
  • North Carolina 187
  • New Jersey 128
  • Pennsylvania 102
  • Massachusetts 84
  • Ohio 53

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 692
  • Master's 673
  • High School 94
  • None 80
  • Associate's 24
  • Other 20
  • Doctorate 12

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,081
  • F-1 135
  • L-1 70
  • B-2 58
  • E-2 30
  • TN 29
  • NOT IN USA 19
  • J-1 12
  • F-2 7
  • E-3 4

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.