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PERM in Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
NAICS 541690
- Decisions
- 2,375
- Approved
- 97.4%
- Median certified wage
- $101,920
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 336 | 5 | 15 |
| FY2017 | 262 | 8 | 10 |
| FY2018 | 325 | 8 | 14 |
| FY2019 | 231 | 12 | 12 |
| FY2020 | 198 | 10 | 7 |
| FY2021 | 238 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 134 | 3 | 8 |
| FY2023 | 126 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2024 | 125 | 7 | 11 |
| FY2025 | 151 | 2 | 7 |
| FY2026 | 94 | 1 | 3 |
Top sponsors
- EXPERIS US, INC. 219
- Analysis Group, Inc. 216
- INOVALON, INC. 142
- TECHDATA SERVICE COMPANY, LLC. 127
- NORTECH NORTH AMERICA INC DBA NGS INFONET INC 54
- DNV GL USA, Inc. 33
- Nortech North America, Inc. DBA adroitts 33
- UTEGRATION, LLC 32
- Compass Lexecon LLC 31
- Brightech International LLC 30
Top occupations
Worksite states
- California 265
- Texas 259
- Massachusetts 225
- Wisconsin 221
- Maryland 210
- Pennsylvania 175
- Virginia 172
- New Jersey 156
- New York 118
- Florida 85
Worksite cities
- Milwaukee, WI 217
- Boston, MA 152
- Bowie, MD 134
- King of Prussia, PA 127
- Houston, TX 109
- Reston, VA 104
- New York, NY 85
- Washington, DC 69
- San Francisco, CA 47
- Princeton, NJ 43
Countries of citizenship
- India 1,078
- China 392
- Canada 68
- Mexico 55
- South Korea 29
- Russia 29
- Nepal 27
- United Kingdom 27
- France 23
- Taiwan 19
Worker's education
- Master's 1,156
- Bachelor's 663
- Doctorate 203
- None 43
- Other 19
- High School 8
- Associate's 5
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,629
- F-1 196
- L-1 77
- TN 61
- NOT IN USA 25
- E-2 24
- H-1B1 9
- J-1 8
- E-3 6
- G-4 4
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 through Jun 30, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
What this data includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
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