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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Photography Studios, Portrait

NAICS 541921

Decisions
29
Approved
78.6%
Median certified wage
$50,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 3 0 0
FY2017 4 0 0
FY2018 4 1 0
FY2019 1 1 0
FY2020 3 1 0
FY2021 0 0 0
FY2022 1 0 0
FY2023 2 1 0
FY2024 1 1 0
FY2025 2 1 1
FY2026 1 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New York 6
  • California 4
  • Florida 4
  • Minnesota 3
  • New Jersey 2
  • South Carolina 1
  • Hawaii 1
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Delaware 1
  • Michigan 1

Worksite cities

  • Eden Prairie, MN 3
  • New York, NY 2
  • Ridgefield, NJ 2
  • Myrtle Beach, SC 1
  • Bowmansville, NY 1
  • Honolulu, HI 1
  • Pasadena, CA 1
  • Gardena, CA 1
  • Harwich, MA 1
  • Orlando, FL 1

Countries of citizenship

  • South Korea 5
  • India 5
  • Russia 2
  • Poland 2
  • China 1
  • United Kingdom 1
  • Jamaica 1
  • Switzerland 1
  • Albania 1
  • Colombia 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 13
  • None 6
  • High School 2
  • Master's 2
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 6
  • F-1 4
  • B-2 3
  • O-1 2
  • P-3 1
  • NOT IN USA 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.