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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance

NAICS 811310

Decisions
529
Approved
90.2%
Median certified wage
$84,469
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 48 3 1
FY2017 41 4 2
FY2018 55 10 3
FY2019 40 12 4
FY2020 30 5 3
FY2021 38 3 1
FY2022 60 1 2
FY2023 18 6 1
FY2024 35 0 4
FY2025 50 2 3
FY2026 38 3 3

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Illinois 173
  • Florida 81
  • Texas 68
  • New York 45
  • California 26
  • Louisiana 15
  • Michigan 12
  • Georgia 12
  • New Jersey 12
  • North Carolina 8

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

  • India 127
  • Venezuela 61
  • Mexico 21
  • Philippines 17
  • China 15
  • South Korea 14
  • United Kingdom 13
  • Brazil 12
  • Germany 11
  • Guatemala 11

Worker's education

  • Master's 135
  • Bachelor's 119
  • None 76
  • High School 60
  • Other 22
  • Associate's 10
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 181
  • B-2 35
  • L-1 33
  • F-1 26
  • E-2 26
  • NOT IN USA 25
  • TN 12
  • E-1 6
  • EWI 5
  • F-2 3

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.