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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Sugar Manufacturing (group 31131)

NAICS 311311

Decisions
39
Approved
100.0%
Median certified wage
$54,974
Years
FY2016 to FY2021

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 8 0 0
FY2017 15 0 0
FY2018 4 0 0
FY2019 5 0 0
FY2020 0 0 0
FY2021 7 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Louisiana 38
  • Texas 1

Worksite cities

  • Lakeland, LA 30
  • St. Martinville, LA 4
  • Franklin, LA 4
  • Fort Worth, TX 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Panama 16
  • Honduras 6
  • Costa Rica 6
  • Mexico 4
  • El Salvador 3
  • Colombia 2
  • Guatemala 1
  • Dominican Republic 1

Worker's education

  • None 35
  • Bachelor's 3
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-2B 26
  • NOT IN USA 6
  • H-2A 4
  • H-1B 3

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.