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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)

NAICS 623110

Decisions
8,719
Approved
83.5%
Median certified wage
$32,417
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 127 17 3
FY2017 109 22 8
FY2018 321 15 3
FY2019 251 27 8
FY2020 299 28 9
FY2021 347 48 25
FY2022 373 319 19
FY2023 782 477 226
FY2024 1,720 258 97
FY2025 1,283 44 114
FY2026 1,179 91 70

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 2,232
  • New Jersey 1,139
  • Tennessee 965
  • Illinois 716
  • Wisconsin 712
  • Ohio 454
  • Georgia 387
  • Minnesota 255
  • North Carolina 242
  • South Carolina 240

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 1,917
  • High School 1,909
  • Associate's 621
  • None 546
  • Master's 154
  • Other 76
  • Doctorate 10

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 1,268
  • F-1 168
  • E-3 161
  • H-1B 142
  • B-2 122
  • J-1 34
  • B-1 16
  • E-2 11
  • TPS 9
  • F-2 8

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.