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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- withdrawn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. 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 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
- Paycom Payroll LLC 203
- Paycor, Inc. 95
- Paychex North America Inc. 41
- Gusto, Inc. 37
- Paylocity Corporation 26
- ZENPAYROLL INC., DBA GUSTO 23
- CAST CREW PAYROLL, LLC 19
- GEP Administrative Services, Inc 16
- PAYCHEX, INC. 12
- PAYCHEX OF NEW YORK LLC 11
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 224
- Software Developers 151
- Computer Occupations, All Other 65
- Data Scientists 16
- Database Administrators 12
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 8
- Data Warehousing Specialists 7
- Computer Systems Analysts 7
- Software Developers, Systems Software 7
- Project Management Specialists 6
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
- Oklahoma City, OK 115
- Grapevine, TX 84
- Cincinnati, OH 63
- San Francisco, CA 56
- Burbank, CA 38
- Schaumburg, IL 32
- Frisco, TX 31
- Webster, NY 20
- Rochester, NY 18
- New York, NY 16
Countries of citizenship
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 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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