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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Payroll Services

NAICS 541214

Decisions
599
Approved
97.5%
Median certified wage
$117,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 28 1 0
FY2017 24 0 1
FY2018 49 2 1
FY2019 42 4 1
FY2020 37 3 1
FY2021 33 1 5
FY2022 85 2 4
FY2023 47 0 1
FY2024 70 1 5
FY2025 67 0 6
FY2026 65 0 13

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 129
  • Oklahoma 115
  • California 101
  • New York 67
  • Ohio 64
  • Illinois 50
  • Florida 20
  • South Carolina 8
  • Georgia 6
  • North Carolina 5

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 333
  • China 24
  • Canada 14
  • Mexico 10
  • Brazil 6
  • United Kingdom 5
  • Israel 5
  • Venezuela 4
  • South Korea 4
  • Australia 3

Worker's education

  • Master's 286
  • Bachelor's 130
  • Other 10
  • None 7
  • High School 7
  • Doctorate 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 390
  • TN 14
  • F-1 10
  • L-1 5
  • B-2 3
  • PAROLEE 2
  • E-1 2
  • E-2 2
  • H-4 2
  • E-3 2

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.