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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Custom Computer Programming Services

NAICS 541511

Decisions
201,499
Approved
97.0%
Median certified wage
$107,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 24,761 677 890
FY2017 16,563 1,000 730
FY2018 20,155 725 559
FY2019 17,031 538 454
FY2020 15,762 318 614
FY2021 18,803 706 614
FY2022 18,850 388 749
FY2023 15,711 422 785
FY2024 13,335 559 684
FY2025 15,708 175 625
FY2026 11,735 379 494

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New Jersey 35,846
  • California 34,654
  • Texas 33,142
  • New York 18,484
  • Virginia 9,029
  • Michigan 8,579
  • Illinois 8,469
  • Massachusetts 8,202
  • Georgia 7,214
  • Pennsylvania 7,068

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 87,351
  • Bachelor's 77,670
  • Other 2,313
  • None 1,265
  • Doctorate 945
  • Associate's 455
  • High School 136

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 146,155
  • L-1 7,412
  • F-1 4,903
  • NOT IN USA 2,852
  • H-4 813
  • TN 804
  • L-2 223
  • E-3 217
  • E-2 191
  • PAROLEE 155

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.