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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

NAICS 541611

Decisions
13,526
Approved
96.8%
Median certified wage
$127,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 942 23 34
FY2017 808 30 21
FY2018 1,039 50 23
FY2019 854 73 6
FY2020 769 17 24
FY2021 1,159 16 11
FY2022 1,418 18 34
FY2023 1,478 24 79
FY2024 1,334 29 103
FY2025 1,179 76 133
FY2026 1,567 54 101

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New York 2,453
  • California 1,712
  • Texas 1,564
  • Illinois 1,221
  • Florida 917
  • New Jersey 860
  • Massachusetts 744
  • Pennsylvania 530
  • Georgia 443
  • Virginia 406

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 6,036
  • Bachelor's 3,702
  • None 154
  • Other 144
  • Doctorate 131
  • High School 57
  • Associate's 39

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 8,152
  • L-1 916
  • F-1 373
  • TN 173
  • NOT IN USA 83
  • E-3 59
  • E-2 52
  • H-4 36
  • B-2 35
  • H-1B1 17

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.