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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- withdrawn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. 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 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
- Cigna-Evernorth Services Inc. 190
- Evernorth Enterprise Services, Inc. 115
- Virgin Pulse, Inc. 9
- FLIPT LLC 3
- CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 2
- BENEFITFOCUS.COM, INC. 2
- RxAdvance Corporation 2
- LINK-IN BENEFITS, LLC 1
- CARROT FERTILITY, INC. 1
- UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust 1
Top occupations
- Software Developers 115
- Software Developers, Applications 43
- Project Management Specialists 34
- Computer Occupations, All Other 20
- Computer Systems Analysts 15
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 12
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 11
- Data Warehousing Specialists 10
- Data Scientists 10
- Software Developers, Systems Software 8
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
- St. Louis, MO 130
- Bloomfield, CT 48
- Morris Plains, NJ 38
- Plano, TX 18
- Austin, TX 10
- Tampa, FL 7
- Raleigh, NC 7
- Nashville, TN 6
- Denver, CO 6
- Providence, RI 6
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 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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