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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (group 56131)

NAICS 561310

Decisions
813
Approved
91.5%
Median certified wage
$46,280
Years
FY2016 to FY2024

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 44 5 2
FY2017 44 6 2
FY2018 58 2 3
FY2019 76 4 1
FY2020 116 43 1
FY2021 98 0 0
FY2022 81 1 0
FY2023 10 7 1
FY2024 206 0 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Ohio 437
  • Florida 139
  • California 81
  • New York 40
  • Texas 21
  • New Jersey 20
  • Michigan 17
  • Pennsylvania 14
  • Massachusetts 9
  • Illinois 7

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • Philippines 622
  • India 53
  • Japan 24
  • Brazil 19
  • Nigeria 11
  • South Korea 9
  • Canada 7
  • Nepal 7
  • Jamaica 6
  • China 5

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 645
  • Master's 78
  • High School 61
  • None 18
  • Other 5
  • Doctorate 3
  • Associate's 3

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 324
  • H-1B 174
  • F-1 22
  • B-2 19
  • E-2 6
  • TN 5
  • L-1 3
  • TPS 2
  • H-2B 2
  • E-3 2

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.