PERM jobs in Laurel, MS
- Decisions
- 55
- Approved
- 81.1%
- Median certified wage
- $18,824
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 32 | 9 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- WAYNE FARMS LLC 39
- SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER 9
- JEFFERSON MEDICAL ASSOCIATES 4
- HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC. 2
- LAUREL SCHOOL DISTRICT 1
Top occupations
Industries
- Poultry Processing 39
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 9
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 4
- Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 1
- Elementary and Secondary Schools 1
- Electronic Computer Manufacturing 1
Countries of citizenship
- Vietnam 30
- South Korea 10
- India 8
- Brazil 2
- Ghana 1
- Chile 1
- Spain 1
- United Kingdom 1
Worker's education
- High School 22
- Other 13
- Bachelor's 10
- Associate's 7
- Master's 1
- Doctorate 1
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 31
- H-1B 15
- F-1 4
- F-2 2
- B-2 1
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled; a city counts as one place per state.
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.