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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Media Representatives

NAICS 541840

Decisions
341
Approved
96.8%
Median certified wage
$136,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 22 0 0
FY2017 41 1 2
FY2018 35 2 1
FY2019 36 2 1
FY2020 21 3 2
FY2021 32 0 2
FY2022 29 1 5
FY2023 21 0 3
FY2024 28 0 4
FY2025 27 1 2
FY2026 15 0 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 164
  • New York 60
  • Massachusetts 19
  • North Carolina 17
  • Florida 15
  • Texas 11
  • Connecticut 11
  • Michigan 9
  • Virginia 7
  • Illinois 7

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 172
  • China 40
  • Taiwan 8
  • United Kingdom 7
  • Canada 5
  • Iran 4
  • Argentina 4
  • France 4
  • Pakistan 3
  • South Korea 3

Worker's education

  • Master's 155
  • Bachelor's 106
  • Doctorate 11
  • None 7
  • High School 6
  • Other 2
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 243
  • L-1 12
  • F-1 9
  • NOT IN USA 5
  • O-1 3
  • R-2 3
  • TN 2
  • B-2 1
  • B-1 1
  • H-4 1

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.