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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures

NAICS 711410

Decisions
163
Approved
87.8%
Median certified wage
$80,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 19 1 0
FY2017 13 0 0
FY2018 14 2 1
FY2019 20 1 1
FY2020 7 3 0
FY2021 11 3 1
FY2022 6 2 0
FY2023 7 3 2
FY2024 10 1 0
FY2025 20 2 1
FY2026 10 1 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • California 76
  • Florida 38
  • New York 22
  • Illinois 5
  • Tennessee 5
  • Arizona 4
  • Pennsylvania 3
  • Georgia 2
  • Nevada 2
  • Texas 2

Worksite cities

  • Miami, FL 22
  • New York, NY 21
  • Beverly Hills, CA 16
  • Hollywood, CA 14
  • Los Angeles, CA 13
  • Doral, FL 5
  • West Hollywood, CA 4
  • Santa Monica, CA 4
  • Chicago, IL 3
  • Oakland, CA 3

Countries of citizenship

  • India 20
  • Venezuela 13
  • Canada 13
  • Mexico 8
  • Colombia 7
  • United Kingdom 6
  • China 5
  • Germany 5
  • Ukraine 5
  • Japan 4

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 53
  • Master's 33
  • None 23
  • High School 8
  • Associate's 3
  • Doctorate 2
  • Other 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 54
  • F-1 12
  • O-1 8
  • E-2 6
  • P-1 6
  • NOT IN USA 5
  • O-2 4
  • TN 3
  • H-1B1 2
  • E-1 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.