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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Rendering and Meat Byproduct Processing

NAICS 311613

Decisions
20
Approved
too few
Median certified wage
$102,447
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 3 0 0
FY2017 0 0 0
FY2018 4 0 0
FY2019 4 0 0
FY2020 2 0 3
FY2021 1 0 0
FY2022 0 0 0
FY2023 1 0 0
FY2024 0 0 0
FY2025 0 0 0
FY2026 1 0 1

Top sponsors

  • SMITHFIELD SUPPORT SERVICES CORP. 4
  • SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. 3
  • SMITHFIELD FOODS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 3
  • RUPRECHT COMPANY 2
  • Vantage Foods PA LP 2
  • Valley Proteins, Inc 2
  • ARIAKE USA INC 1
  • Smithfield Strategic Sourcing & Service Co, Inc. 1
  • GELITA USA, Inc. 1
  • Darling Ingredients Inc. 1

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Virginia 7
  • Missouri 6
  • Illinois 3
  • Pennsylvania 2
  • Iowa 1
  • Kentucky 1

Worksite cities

  • Kansas City, MO 6
  • Smithfield, VA 4
  • Mundelein, IL 2
  • Camp Hill, PA 2
  • Winchester, VA 2
  • Harrisonburg, VA 1
  • Chicago, IL 1
  • Sergeant Bluff, IA 1
  • Cold Spring, KY 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 7
  • China 4
  • Canada 2
  • Nepal 1
  • Honduras 1
  • Germany 1
  • Zambia 1
  • Peru 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 11
  • Bachelor's 4
  • None 2
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 14
  • EWI 1
  • E-2 1
  • F-1 1
  • TN 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.