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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Cotton Farming

NAICS 111920

Decisions
72
Approved
47.8%
Median certified wage
$30,000
Years
FY2016 to FY2025

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 6 0 0
FY2017 1 5 0
FY2018 3 1 0
FY2019 0 2 0
FY2020 0 1 0
FY2021 2 1 3
FY2022 9 23 0
FY2023 0 1 0
FY2024 2 0 2
FY2025 9 1 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 57
  • Mississippi 7
  • Oklahoma 4
  • Arkansas 1
  • Kansas 1
  • Arizona 1

Worksite cities

  • Seminole, TX 31
  • Yazoo City, MS 3
  • Ropesville, TX 3
  • San Angelo, TX 3
  • Lamesa, TX 3
  • Brownfield, TX 3
  • Roscoe, TX 2
  • Lambert, MS 2
  • Denver City, TX 2
  • Tarzan, TX 2

Countries of citizenship

  • Mexico 35
  • Canada 16
  • South Africa 8
  • Bolivia 1

Worker's education

  • None 52
  • High School 7
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-2A 12
  • B-2 7
  • B-1 6
  • E-1 1
  • H-1B 1

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.