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PERM sponsorship by industry

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  • withdrawn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. 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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 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

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

Countries of citizenship

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: 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.