National Hockey League

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation · Primarily DC · PERM filings 2020–2024

#9,436 top sponsor

Overview

National Hockey League is a Arts, Entertainment & Recreation employer that has filed 8 PERM green-card applications between FY2020 and FY2024. That places it #9,436 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 5 were certified (62.5% approval rate), taking about 400 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials, with most worksites in DC, and the median sponsored wage is $146,249.

8

PERM filings

62.5%

approval

0

denied

$146,249

median wage

400d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 4 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is CANADA (100%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • Canada4

Prior visa status

  • P-14

Education

  • High School4

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations National Hockey League most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials 8 $155,441

Common job titles

Linesman 7 Referee 1

Worksite states

DC 2 MI 1 CO 1 TX 1 CA 1 OH 1 NC 1

Wage range

$137,845

25th

$146,249

median

$162,453

75th

$167,732

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP4
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP4

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-200-24295-420171 LinesmanCertified Washington, DC Mar 5, 2026
G-200-23346-560230 LinesmanCertified Detroit, MI Apr 22, 2025
G-200-23346-560515 LinesmanCertified Denver, CO Apr 22, 2025
G-200-23354-580910 LinesmanCertified Dallas, TX Apr 22, 2025
A-22304-49107 LinesmanCertified-Expired Raleigh, NC Oct 6, 2023
A-22237-12182 LinesmanCertified Columbus, OH Jul 13, 2023
A-20023-10451 LinesmanCertified-Expired Los Angeles, CA Nov 19, 2020
A-20028-12436 RefereeCertified-Expired Washington, DC Nov 19, 2020

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.