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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Translation and Interpretation Services

NAICS 541930

Decisions
189
Approved
93.3%
Median certified wage
$64,615
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 34 1 1
FY2017 17 4 0
FY2018 25 0 2
FY2019 14 1 2
FY2020 9 1 2
FY2021 17 0 1
FY2022 6 1 0
FY2023 12 2 0
FY2024 12 1 1
FY2025 10 1 0
FY2026 12 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 49
  • New York 35
  • Florida 24
  • Texas 19
  • Utah 13
  • Pennsylvania 9
  • Massachusetts 7
  • Maryland 5
  • New Jersey 4
  • Ohio 4

Worksite cities

  • New York, NY 30
  • Salt Lake City, UT 9
  • Houston, TX 8
  • Glendale, CA 8
  • Los Angeles, CA 6
  • Coral Gables, FL 6
  • North Hollywood, CA 6
  • Palmetto Bay, FL 5
  • Bethesda, MD 4
  • Pacific Grove, CA 4

Countries of citizenship

  • China 27
  • India 20
  • Japan 16
  • South Korea 14
  • Taiwan 8
  • Russia 8
  • Canada 7
  • Germany 7
  • Brazil 4
  • Egypt 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 75
  • Bachelor's 62
  • None 13
  • Other 6
  • Doctorate 3
  • High School 2
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 98
  • F-1 14
  • NOT IN USA 8
  • L-1 6
  • TN 5
  • E-2 4
  • B-2 2
  • F-2 2
  • B-1 2
  • O-1 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.