PERM in Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services
NAICS 541360
- Decisions
- 242
- Approved
- 90.2%
- Median certified wage
- $85,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 53 | 8 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 25 | 6 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- CGG Services (U.S.) Inc. 121
- TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company 16
- PETROLEUM GEOSERVICES, INC. 12
- PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES, INC. 8
- GEOTOMO LLC 5
- ION GEOPHYSICAL CORPORATION 4
- BERGER GEOSCIENCES LLC 4
- CGGVERITAS SERVICES (US) INC. 4
- ZUPT, LLC 3
- GX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 3
Top occupations
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 67
- Statisticians 42
- Software Developers, Applications 25
- Software Developers, Systems Software 15
- Operations Research Analysts 9
- Geological and Petroleum Technicians 9
- Sales Engineers 7
- Surveyors 7
- Natural Sciences Managers 7
- Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 5
Worksite states
- Texas 207
- Colorado 7
- California 6
- New Jersey 4
- North Carolina 2
- Maryland 2
- Pennsylvania 1
- New Hampshire 1
- New Mexico 1
- Massachusetts 1
Worksite cities
- Houston, TX 196
- Austin, TX 3
- Englewood, CO 2
- Norwood, NJ 2
- Raleigh, NC 2
- Humble, TX 2
- Van Nuys, CA 2
- Denver, CO 1
- Doylestown, PA 1
- Dallas, TX 1
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 116
- Bachelor's 44
- Doctorate 41
- None 9
- Other 1
- High School 1
- Associate's 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 130
- L-1 52
- F-1 13
- TN 8
- B-2 2
- J-2 1
- NOT IN USA 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.