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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling

NAICS 541910

Decisions
1,259
Approved
97.2%
Median certified wage
$106,029
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 168 5 2
FY2017 119 1 3
FY2018 186 4 6
FY2019 108 1 3
FY2020 126 4 6
FY2021 108 4 5
FY2022 75 6 1
FY2023 62 1 8
FY2024 79 5 2
FY2025 91 1 5
FY2026 57 2 5

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 191
  • New York 182
  • Illinois 155
  • Florida 154
  • Texas 114
  • Massachusetts 81
  • Virginia 71
  • Ohio 51
  • District of Columbia 45
  • Connecticut 32

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 664
  • China 131
  • Canada 31
  • United Kingdom 17
  • Nepal 16
  • South Korea 13
  • Mexico 12
  • Taiwan 12
  • Philippines 11
  • Brazil 10

Worker's education

  • Master's 576
  • Bachelor's 442
  • Doctorate 34
  • None 14
  • Other 12
  • Associate's 4
  • High School 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 919
  • L-1 53
  • F-1 37
  • NOT IN USA 12
  • TN 11
  • L-2 6
  • B-2 5
  • E-3 4
  • E-2 4
  • H-4 3

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.