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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Fine Arts Schools

NAICS 611610

Decisions
387
Approved
88.0%
Median certified wage
$48,500
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 18 3 0
FY2017 21 6 1
FY2018 45 1 4
FY2019 33 3 4
FY2020 22 5 2
FY2021 28 5 1
FY2022 29 2 2
FY2023 17 0 2
FY2024 23 3 0
FY2025 32 1 2
FY2026 54 15 3

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 102
  • New York 42
  • Texas 42
  • Florida 24
  • North Carolina 24
  • Michigan 22
  • Illinois 18
  • Arizona 17
  • New Jersey 16
  • Wisconsin 15

Worksite cities

  • Irvine, CA 20
  • Bloomfield Hills, MI 20
  • Pewaukee, WI 15
  • Scottsdale, AZ 14
  • Fremont, CA 14
  • Fayetteville, NY 12
  • Houston, TX 12
  • Greensboro, NC 10
  • Durham, NC 9
  • The Woodlands, TX 8

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • None 102
  • Master's 70
  • Bachelor's 56
  • Doctorate 19
  • Associate's 14
  • High School 9
  • Other 7

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 57
  • F-1 51
  • O-1 44
  • NOT IN USA 18
  • B-2 17
  • P-3 16
  • E-2 5
  • J-1 4
  • TN 2
  • P-1 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.