Skip to main content

PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in All Other Legal Services

NAICS 541199

Decisions
167
Approved
84.8%
Median certified wage
$77,096
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 20 0 2
FY2017 12 2 1
FY2018 18 5 0
FY2019 10 6 6
FY2020 9 0 1
FY2021 11 1 1
FY2022 9 2 2
FY2023 8 2 0
FY2024 7 3 0
FY2025 11 2 0
FY2026 13 0 3

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 46
  • Florida 31
  • New York 20
  • Texas 17
  • Virginia 14
  • Massachusetts 7
  • Washington 6
  • New Jersey 4
  • Kansas 4
  • Oregon 3

Worksite cities

  • Glendale, CA 16
  • New York, NY 12
  • Miami, FL 12
  • Houston, TX 11
  • Los Angeles, CA 7
  • Lynnwood, WA 5
  • Orlando, FL 4
  • Brooklyn, NY 4
  • Winter Park, FL 4
  • Overland Park, KS 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 34
  • China 15
  • Canada 12
  • Japan 11
  • Venezuela 9
  • South Korea 7
  • Pakistan 5
  • Brazil 5
  • Colombia 4
  • United Kingdom 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 51
  • Bachelor's 40
  • High School 19
  • Doctorate 10
  • None 9
  • Other 7
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 65
  • B-2 14
  • F-1 13
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • E-2 6
  • J-1 3
  • TN 3
  • L-1 2
  • O-1 1
  • PAROLEE 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.