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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Other Specialized Design Services

NAICS 541490

Decisions
371
Approved
93.9%
Median certified wage
$86,081
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 59 6 3
FY2017 36 5 3
FY2018 51 2 0
FY2019 37 1 0
FY2020 25 2 0
FY2021 21 1 0
FY2022 19 1 2
FY2023 16 3 1
FY2024 20 0 1
FY2025 27 0 2
FY2026 25 1 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New York 174
  • California 66
  • New Jersey 38
  • Florida 24
  • Texas 12
  • Pennsylvania 11
  • Ohio 7
  • Massachusetts 7
  • North Carolina 6
  • Connecticut 4

Worksite cities

  • New York, NY 147
  • Los Angeles, CA 28
  • East Rutherford, NJ 17
  • Miami, FL 10
  • Brooklyn, NY 9
  • Bridgewater, NJ 9
  • Philadelphia, PA 9
  • San Francisco, CA 8
  • Orlando, FL 8
  • Houston, TX 6

Countries of citizenship

  • India 67
  • China 38
  • South Korea 34
  • Canada 19
  • Japan 14
  • United Kingdom 13
  • Brazil 10
  • Venezuela 10
  • France 8
  • Italy 7

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 161
  • Master's 103
  • None 20
  • Associate's 11
  • High School 8
  • Other 4
  • Doctorate 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 192
  • F-1 24
  • O-1 19
  • L-1 11
  • TN 9
  • B-2 8
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • E-2 5
  • E-3 4
  • H-4 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.