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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)

NAICS 621111

Decisions
6,741
Approved
96.9%
Median certified wage
$218,400
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1,084 40 49
FY2017 746 17 23
FY2018 847 32 23
FY2019 665 31 26
FY2020 511 11 16
FY2021 527 24 22
FY2022 415 11 17
FY2023 391 17 19
FY2024 335 8 25
FY2025 370 7 24
FY2026 389 4 15

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 542
  • Texas 486
  • Pennsylvania 449
  • New York 407
  • Ohio 340
  • Massachusetts 322
  • Illinois 314
  • Florida 313
  • Washington 208
  • Virginia 185

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Other 4,836
  • Master's 418
  • Bachelor's 317
  • None 101
  • Doctorate 84
  • High School 73
  • Associate's 40

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 4,795
  • F-1 163
  • J-1 93
  • B-2 60
  • TPS 49
  • O-1 45
  • NOT IN USA 43
  • H-4 42
  • TN 28
  • E-2 27

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.