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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

NAICS 541990

Decisions
3,981
Approved
96.5%
Median certified wage
$106,236
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 441 10 19
FY2017 372 16 17
FY2018 509 16 18
FY2019 368 15 13
FY2020 359 26 25
FY2021 375 10 9
FY2022 280 6 16
FY2023 239 18 28
FY2024 308 10 12
FY2025 243 2 11
FY2026 179 5 6

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 1,103
  • Texas 543
  • New York 371
  • Florida 240
  • New Jersey 193
  • Virginia 185
  • Massachusetts 162
  • Pennsylvania 154
  • Georgia 143
  • North Carolina 129

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Master's 1,885
  • Bachelor's 1,247
  • None 128
  • Doctorate 85
  • High School 79
  • Associate's 42
  • Other 39

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 2,349
  • F-1 218
  • L-1 185
  • TN 88
  • B-2 58
  • E-2 56
  • NOT IN USA 55
  • E-3 19
  • O-1 12
  • J-1 12

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.