PERM in Cheese Manufacturing
NAICS 311513
- Decisions
- 397
- Approved
- 98.2%
- Median certified wage
- $35,360
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 22 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 28 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 67 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 103 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 61 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- Schreiber Foods, Inc. 120
- Yanceys Fancy 100
- Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc. 56
- Leprino Foods Company 39
- Hilmar Cheese Company 19
- Sargento Foods Inc. 13
- Belgioioso Cheese, Inc. 8
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc. 6
- Great Lakes Cheese 5
- Lioni Latticini, Inc. 5
Top occupations
- Helpers--Production Workers 215
- Food Scientists and Technologists 86
- Software Developers, Applications 18
- Computer Systems Analysts 12
- Industrial Production Managers 7
- Industrial Engineers 7
- Food Batchmakers 6
- Electrical Engineers 6
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 5
- Marketing Managers 5
Worksite states
- New York 101
- Wisconsin 90
- Texas 61
- South Dakota 56
- Colorado 39
- California 25
- New Jersey 11
- Ohio 6
- Florida 4
- Connecticut 2
Worksite cities
- Corfu, NY 100
- Richland Center, WI 60
- Stephenville, TX 57
- Milbank, SD 56
- Denver, CO 35
- Hilmar, CA 17
- Plymouth, WI 10
- Green Bay, WI 9
- Hiram, OH 5
- Union, NJ 5
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- None 227
- Bachelor's 80
- Master's 38
- Doctorate 10
- High School 4
- Other 3
- Associate's 2
Visa held when filed
- F-1 152
- H-1B 91
- NOT IN USA 44
- TN 32
- E-2 8
- F-2 7
- B-2 5
- TPS 4
- A1/A2 3
- J-1 2
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.