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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing

NAICS 326140

Decisions
117
Approved
97.4%
Median certified wage
$96,000
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 6 0 0
FY2017 22 2 0
FY2018 9 1 0
FY2019 15 0 0
FY2020 5 0 0
FY2021 7 0 0
FY2022 6 0 0
FY2023 6 0 0
FY2024 12 0 3
FY2025 11 0 0
FY2026 12 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Michigan 75
  • Virginia 6
  • Texas 6
  • North Carolina 5
  • Florida 4
  • Massachusetts 3
  • Pennsylvania 3
  • Tennessee 2
  • South Dakota 2
  • California 2

Worksite cities

  • Mason, MI 65
  • Richmond, VA 6
  • Troy, MI 6
  • Colfax, NC 4
  • The Woodlands, TX 3
  • Lansing, MI 2
  • Tampa, FL 2
  • Marlborough, MA 2
  • Chattanooga, TN 2
  • Watertown, SD 2

Countries of citizenship

  • India 68
  • Mexico 6
  • Colombia 3
  • Peru 2
  • South Korea 2
  • Germany 2
  • Bangladesh 2
  • El Salvador 1
  • Australia 1
  • Venezuela 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 51
  • Bachelor's 27
  • None 5
  • Other 4
  • Associate's 2
  • High School 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 67
  • L-1 5
  • B-2 3
  • EWI 3
  • F-1 2
  • E-2 2
  • NOT IN USA 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.