PERM in Offices of Certified Public Accountants
NAICS 541211
- Decisions
- 8,423
- Approved
- 97.4%
- Median certified wage
- $109,356
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 659 | 27 | 22 |
| FY2017 | 445 | 28 | 16 |
| FY2018 | 775 | 15 | 29 |
| FY2019 | 764 | 19 | 21 |
| FY2020 | 761 | 19 | 14 |
| FY2021 | 845 | 16 | 26 |
| FY2022 | 704 | 30 | 23 |
| FY2023 | 830 | 22 | 19 |
| FY2024 | 676 | 19 | 27 |
| FY2025 | 630 | 9 | 28 |
| FY2026 | 882 | 9 | 14 |
Top sponsors
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 4,920
- BDO USA LLP 115
- Funaro & Co. PC 37
- Moss Adams LLP 29
- Marcum LLP 29
- Crowe, LLP 28
- ADELFIA LLC 27
- HOTTA LIESENBERG SAITO LLP 24
- BW CPA GROUP, INC 23
- Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP 21
Top occupations
- Accountants and Auditors 4,497
- Computer Systems Analysts 1,094
- Management Analysts 450
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 243
- Computer Systems Analysts 218
- Financial Analysts 215
- Financial Quantitative Analysts 202
- Computer Occupations, All Other 200
- Financial Managers 136
- Information Security Analysts 112
Worksite states
- California 2,104
- New York 1,670
- Texas 983
- New Jersey 604
- Illinois 548
- Georgia 353
- Florida 353
- Virginia 267
- Massachusetts 238
- North Carolina 156
Worksite cities
- New York, NY 1,516
- Los Angeles, CA 594
- Chicago, IL 494
- Dallas, TX 409
- San Francisco, CA 351
- Hoboken, NJ 325
- Houston, TX 284
- San Jose, CA 282
- Atlanta, GA 238
- Boston, MA 201
Countries of citizenship
- India 2,247
- China 1,607
- South Korea 692
- Philippines 215
- Canada 189
- Taiwan 117
- Japan 115
- Vietnam 83
- Nepal 74
- Pakistan 72
Worker's education
- Master's 3,987
- Bachelor's 2,495
- None 101
- High School 79
- Associate's 49
- Doctorate 45
- Other 41
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 4,961
- F-1 574
- L-1 546
- TN 92
- E-2 79
- NOT IN USA 62
- B-2 58
- J-1 39
- E-3 25
- F-2 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.