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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Employment Placement Agencies

NAICS 561311

Decisions
1,850
Approved
83.4%
Median certified wage
$28,500
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 2 7
FY2017 78 0 6
FY2018 36 8 3
FY2019 41 2 2
FY2020 33 9 2
FY2021 101 13 12
FY2022 107 52 26
FY2023 268 163 23
FY2024 185 9 16
FY2025 376 5 25
FY2026 186 19 32

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Florida 486
  • California 437
  • Georgia 218
  • New York 138
  • Indiana 134
  • Illinois 72
  • Texas 67
  • Arizona 64
  • Alabama 43
  • New Jersey 28

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • High School 616
  • Bachelor's 305
  • Master's 118
  • None 62
  • Other 38
  • Associate's 36
  • Doctorate 3

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 328
  • B-2 167
  • F-1 160
  • H-1B 139
  • E-2 35
  • F-2 22
  • J-1 12
  • B-1 10
  • TN 5
  • L-1 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.