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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Paper (except Newsprint) Mills

NAICS 322121

Decisions
240
Approved
95.2%
Median certified wage
$102,651
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 0 0
FY2017 12 1 0
FY2018 18 2 2
FY2019 22 1 1
FY2020 22 1 1
FY2021 21 1 1
FY2022 29 0 2
FY2023 22 3 2
FY2024 23 2 0
FY2025 17 0 0
FY2026 12 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Georgia 97
  • Tennessee 48
  • Wisconsin 18
  • Texas 10
  • Virginia 9
  • Massachusetts 6
  • New York 6
  • Pennsylvania 6
  • Illinois 5
  • South Carolina 5

Worksite cities

  • Atlanta, GA 82
  • Memphis, TN 46
  • Neenah, WI 17
  • Roswell, GA 9
  • Franklin, VA 9
  • West Groton, MA 4
  • Alpharetta, GA 3
  • York, PA 3
  • Buena Park, CA 3
  • Chicago, IL 3

Countries of citizenship

  • India 114
  • Canada 11
  • Mexico 11
  • China 10
  • Brazil 9
  • United Kingdom 6
  • Colombia 5
  • Australia 4
  • Venezuela 3
  • Taiwan 3

Worker's education

  • Master's 105
  • Bachelor's 84
  • Other 8
  • None 5
  • High School 4
  • Doctorate 3
  • Associate's 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 151
  • L-1 38
  • TN 11
  • F-1 3
  • E-3 2
  • L-2 1
  • B-2 1
  • H-4 1
  • E-2 1
  • NOT IN USA 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.