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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Health and Welfare Funds

NAICS 525120

Decisions
333
Approved
99.1%
Median certified wage
$133,500
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 3 0 0
FY2017 1 0 1
FY2018 3 0 0
FY2019 3 0 0
FY2020 4 0 0
FY2021 3 0 0
FY2022 24 0 3
FY2023 39 1 2
FY2024 78 0 3
FY2025 70 1 5
FY2026 86 1 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Missouri 130
  • Connecticut 48
  • New Jersey 44
  • Texas 28
  • Florida 13
  • Tennessee 11
  • North Carolina 8
  • Minnesota 6
  • Colorado 6
  • Massachusetts 6

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 140
  • China 3
  • Canada 3
  • France 2
  • Pakistan 1
  • Venezuela 1
  • Nigeria 1
  • New Zealand 1
  • Iran 1
  • Ireland 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 78
  • Bachelor's 78
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 151
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • F-1 1
  • L-1 1
  • TN 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.