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PERM sponsor, #905 of 70,985 by filings
Airway Sheet Metal Co Inc
- Main job
- Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other · 100% of its filings
- Main worksite
- Sterling, VA · 100% of its filings
- Industry
- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · NAICS 238220
Waiting on a case with Airway Sheet Metal Co Inc?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
This rate is level with the field
Over 44 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.
Why
The 95% interval runs up to a 8.0% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.
Filings
44
#905 of 70,985
Certified
44
0 denied
Approval
100.0%
field 96.8%
Median wage
$35,298
offered, per year
Median days
463
3 faster than the field
Right now
DOL's live record of its cases, read every day, and what it has done to them as a group.
Nothing for this sponsor is waiting on a decision. All 44 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
Follow Airway Sheet Metal Co Inc
An email when DOL moves its cases as a group: five or more on or off hold in a day, or a batch decided well above its usual pace.
What DOL has done to its cases as a group
Nothing employer-wide since this site's record began on August 27, 2026.
How long it takes
How long their cases are taking
- 301 days
Every employer
median of 32,219 decisions in the same 90 days
None of their cases were decided in the last 90 days, too few for a median of their own. Filing to decision, over decisions we watched DOL make; withdrawals left out.
Filed today: a new case joins the same line as anyone's, behind 79,592 cases, and would be decided around March 21, 2027 (between March 1, 2027 and April 30, 2027). Estimate another date
Every program
Across DOL's programs
The wage request, the PERM and the H-1B labor condition application, one line each.
- PERM (green card)
- 44 published
- 0 pending
- $35,298 median, n=44
- Prevailing wage requests
- 1 published
- 0 pending
- 1 wage, under the floor
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 0 published
- 0 pending
- no wage published
Every case across these programs is in the search.
How these are counted
Medians are of the published rows with a usable wage, annualised from whatever unit the filing quoted, and withheld under 10 wages. DOL publishes no employer number, so filings are matched by the employer's legal name; another employer with the same legal name would be counted here too. The PERM is the green-card step; the wage request comes months before it, and the LCA is the separate form for an H-1B. DOL publishes each in its own file, and its live record shows what is still open.
Its newest wage requests and LCAs
Filed by Airway Sheet Metal Co Inc, newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-23107-938772 Sheet Metal Helper $35,298 per year 2023-04-17 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
Source: DOL's own case-status service, flag.dol.gov, where any of these numbers can be looked up. A filing shows there soon after it's made, months before DOL's quarterly files.
Against other sponsors
Where it sits among 70,985 sponsors. The full ranking sorts every column.
How it compares with other sponsors
Each figure ranked only among sponsors with enough cases for it to mean something. No single score: they measure different things.
PERM approval rate
100.0% of 44 decided PERM cases
Higher than 67% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.
Approval rate
100.0%ahead of 34%, level with 891 more
Median days to decision
463 daysahead of 52%
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 42 and 47 filings.
- Their median wait
- 466 days
- This one
- 463 days
This one sits 3 days ahead of them.
Why no approval rate
A band is a slice of the volume ranking rather than a population picked for having enough decided cases, so a band rate would be solid at the top of the list and noise at the bottom, under one heading.
Where this sits in the ranking
Ranked 905 of 70,985 by volume: 904 filed at least as many filings, and 70,080 filed no more.
- Just above
- 535 W Market St S-Group, Inc. 44 filings
- Just below
- JCQ Services, Inc. 44 filings
Sponsors filing at the same rate
Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.
- #904 535 W Market St S-Group, Inc. 44 filings · none denied
- #906 JCQ Services, Inc. 44 filings · none denied
- #903 Arkansas Early Learning, Inc. 44 filings · none denied
- #907 LTIMindtree Limited (formerly known as Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited) 44 filings · none denied
- #902 Blue House Restaurant, Inc. 44 filings · 1 denied
- #908 Pocono Hotels, LLC 44 filings · none denied
Sponsors hiring for the same work
The employers filing the most PERM cases for Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other, the occupation this sponsor files for most.
What they file, and where
A rank says how much. It says nothing about what the work is, which is the part a job offer from this sponsor turns on.
What the jobs are
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other
SOC 47-3019.00 · 44 filings, 100% of everything they file · 100.0% approved
How this is counted
These are the occupation with the most filings, 44 of 44 cases between them. The occupation on a PERM is the SOC code on the form, which is the job as DOL classifies it rather than the job title on the offer. DOL still accepts two SOC vintages, so one job can appear twice under two codes; the code is printed for exactly that reason.
The industry they declared
Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
NAICS 238220 · 44 filings
How this is counted
The NAICS code the employer entered on the form, with the Census Bureau's title for it. DOL publishes the code alone, and an employer can file under more than one.
Where the jobs are
- Virginia 44
How this is counted
The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. This state covers 44 of 44 filings.
Where the work is
- Sterling, VA 44
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. This city covers 44 of 44 filings.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 44 cases
The Washington Post
How this is counted
The newspaper or professional journal named for each case's two print ads, one count per paper per case, however the filer spelled it.
How long before filing it began
- 0.0%
Under 30 days
- 0.0%
30 to 59 days
- 0.0%
60 to 89 days
- 95%
90 to 119 days
- 4.5%
120 to 149 days
- 0.0%
150 to 180 days
- 0.0%
Over 180 days
How this is counted
Days from the first recruitment step to the filing. 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(e) puts the job order and ads 30 to 180 days before filing.
History
Year by year since 2008
195 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2025, busiest in FY2025 with 44.
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years, October to September. A year filed under another name is missing, not zero. FY2025 is partial: DOL's newest file runs through June 2026.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2008 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
The 25 most recent of 83. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-19023-65116 | 2019-08-09 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19023-65111 | 2019-08-09 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19023-65104 | 2019-08-09 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19015-62465 | 2019-08-09 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19015-62461 | 2019-08-09 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19002-57997 | 2019-08-09 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18345-50784 | 2019-07-15 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18353-54383 | 2019-07-10 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
The other 17
| A-18337-47279 | 2019-07-01 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18337-47234 | 2019-07-01 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18337-47190 | 2019-07-01 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19008-59929 | 2019-06-19 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18331-44990 | 2019-05-31 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18331-44958 | 2019-05-31 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18331-44956 | 2019-05-31 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18331-44922 | 2019-05-31 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18331-44879 | 2019-05-31 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18331-44914 | 2019-05-30 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-18331-44868 | 2019-05-30 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19023-65162 | 2019-04-22 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19023-65157 | 2019-04-22 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19023-65141 | 2019-04-22 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19008-59932 | 2019-04-17 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19008-59902 | 2019-04-17 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
| A-19002-58026 | 2019-04-16 | certified | Sheet Metal Worker Helper, VA | $20,717 |
Who they sponsored, FY2016 to FY2023
From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.
Country of citizenship
- El Salvador 57
- Guatemala 5
- Colombia 4
- Philippines 4
- Vietnam 4
- Bolivia 3
Worker's education
- None 83
Visa held when filed
- NOT IN USA 62
- EWI 16
- TPS 4
- H-2B 1
Notes on these numbers
What these numbers don't say
5 notes
- The wage is the job, not the payer
- Their filings are led by Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other, 44 of 44. The median offered wage moves almost entirely with what roles they file. A software developer and a poultry cutter are different numbers wherever they are filed, so this figure is not plotted against the field and no percentile is given for it: that comparison would rank occupation mix and call it pay. Wages by occupation are on the wages page.
- Volume doesn’t change the wait
- DOL works a single national queue, oldest first, whoever filed the case, so these 44 filings bought no priority: a company with four thousand waits exactly as long as one with three.
- The name is a legal entity
- DOL prints whatever went on the form, and here that name ranks 905. A group that files through several subsidiaries appears as several rows, and one that files everything through a parent appears once, so a rank is a rank among printed names rather than among companies.
- A median over 44 decided cases
- The queue is national and first in, first out, so this figure follows when the cases were filed as much as it follows the sponsor.
- Two sources, and they do not add up
- The filing counts come from DOL's disclosure files, where every row already carries a decision date, so nothing pending is in them. The queue figures come from a live per-case tracker with its own coverage and its own as-of date. Subtracting one from the other gives a number that means nothing. The worksite on most of these is VA. Where the queue stands overall is on the processing times page.
The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Employers and firms: Derived from DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 24, 2026 · daily
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.
Per-case statuses: Every PERM case DOL indexes, pending included. No wage, law firm or worksite: DOL reveals those only when a case is published.