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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Executive Search Services

NAICS 561312

Decisions
41
Approved
91.7%
Median certified wage
$89,440
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 2 0 0
FY2017 3 0 3
FY2018 1 1 0
FY2019 3 1 0
FY2020 2 0 0
FY2021 5 0 0
FY2022 2 0 0
FY2023 7 0 1
FY2024 3 0 0
FY2025 2 1 1
FY2026 3 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • New York 17
  • California 9
  • Illinois 4
  • Texas 3
  • Florida 2
  • Virginia 1
  • District of Columbia 1
  • North Carolina 1
  • Arizona 1
  • Alabama 1

Worksite cities

  • New York, NY 17
  • Chicago, IL 4
  • San Diego, CA 2
  • San Francisco, CA 2
  • Santa Monica, CA 2
  • Arlington, VA 1
  • Miami, FL 1
  • Washington, DC 1
  • Irvine, CA 1
  • Sunrise, FL 1

Countries of citizenship

  • United Kingdom 6
  • India 4
  • France 3
  • China 2
  • Nepal 2
  • Czech Republic 2
  • Sweden 2
  • Colombia 1
  • Mexico 1
  • Brazil 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 16
  • Master's 8
  • Other 4
  • Associate's 3
  • None 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 10
  • L-1 6
  • E-2 5
  • J-1 3
  • F-1 2
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • TN 1
  • J-2 1
  • TPS 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.