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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Other Activities Related to Real Estate

NAICS 531390

Decisions
2,119
Approved
95.6%
Median certified wage
$120,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 151 9 7
FY2017 158 9 6
FY2018 216 12 15
FY2019 194 11 6
FY2020 219 7 7
FY2021 229 8 4
FY2022 129 9 14
FY2023 126 12 10
FY2024 141 2 15
FY2025 224 4 11
FY2026 139 5 10

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 565
  • Washington 480
  • Florida 271
  • Texas 259
  • New York 193
  • Massachusetts 42
  • Arizona 39
  • New Jersey 35
  • Virginia 30
  • Nevada 24

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 927
  • Bachelor's 542
  • None 117
  • High School 38
  • Doctorate 38
  • Other 20
  • Associate's 13

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,047
  • F-1 191
  • E-2 57
  • TN 48
  • NOT IN USA 38
  • B-2 37
  • L-1 22
  • E-3 16
  • F-2 16
  • H-4 15

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.