PERM in Architectural Services

NAICS 541310

Decisions: 3,305
Approved: 95.0%
Median certified wage: $69,992
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withdrawn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Fiscal year	Certified	Denied	Withdrawn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	262	7	14
FY2017	235	23	10
FY2018	355	9	15
FY2019	288	27	8
FY2020	269	18	17
FY2021	239	9	11
FY2022	200	17	6
FY2023	238	15	15
FY2024	254	12	25
FY2025	307	8	28
FY2026	338	11	15

Top occupations

Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 1,633
Architectural and Civil Drafters 715
Interior Designers 247
Civil Engineers 131
Urban and Regional Planners 65
Landscape Architects 56
Architectural and Engineering Managers 52
Construction Managers 35
Mechanical Engineers 29
Electrical Engineers 21

Worksite states

New York 856
California 849
Texas 231
Florida 207
Illinois 202
Massachusetts 170
Georgia 104
Washington 96
District of Columbia 92
New Jersey 45

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

China 674
South Korea 332
India 241
Iran 169
Canada 109
Taiwan 85
Mexico 63
Spain 59
Venezuela 49
Italy 40

Worker's education

Master's 1,744
Bachelor's 694
None 38
Associate's 20
High School 19
Other 17
Doctorate 14

Visa held when filed

H-1B 1,719
F-1 275
TN 106
O-1 73
E-2 41
NOT IN USA 34
L-1 33
B-2 22
J-1 18
E-3 13

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.