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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Business Associations

NAICS 813910

Decisions
215
Approved
89.1%
Median certified wage
$93,371
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 20 0 0
FY2017 12 2 0
FY2018 16 2 0
FY2019 11 1 1
FY2020 12 3 1
FY2021 12 4 3
FY2022 16 4 1
FY2023 9 1 1
FY2024 10 0 2
FY2025 31 1 10
FY2026 23 3 3

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • District of Columbia 34
  • California 27
  • New York 21
  • Virginia 18
  • Maryland 12
  • Texas 12
  • Florida 11
  • Illinois 9
  • Iowa 6
  • Colorado 5

Worksite cities

  • Washington, DC 30
  • New York, NY 19
  • Fresno, CA 11
  • McLean, VA 7
  • Waterloo, IA 6
  • Annapolis, MD 6
  • Houston, TX 5
  • Louisville, CO 4
  • Exton, PA 4
  • Pratt, KS 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 24
  • China 24
  • Canada 9
  • France 7
  • Venezuela 6
  • Vietnam 6
  • Pakistan 5
  • United Kingdom 4
  • Brazil 4
  • Malaysia 4

Worker's education

  • Master's 60
  • Bachelor's 42
  • Other 14
  • None 10
  • Doctorate 6
  • High School 4
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 90
  • F-1 12
  • E-2 4
  • NOT IN USA 4
  • E-1 3
  • B-2 2
  • TN 2
  • J-1 2
  • O-1 2
  • L-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.