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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Plastics Bottle Manufacturing

NAICS 326160

Decisions
183
Approved
83.3%
Median certified wage
$70,845
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 11 0 1
FY2017 5 0 0
FY2018 35 3 0
FY2019 8 6 4
FY2020 14 6 2
FY2021 8 8 1
FY2022 8 2 0
FY2023 9 1 0
FY2024 14 3 0
FY2025 17 0 1
FY2026 16 0 0

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Worksite states

  • California 89
  • Georgia 20
  • Pennsylvania 12
  • Ohio 12
  • Illinois 10
  • West Virginia 8
  • Florida 5
  • Michigan 5
  • Tennessee 4
  • North Carolina 3

Worksite cities

  • Long Beach, CA 76
  • New Albany, OH 11
  • Suwanee, GA 9
  • Inwood, WV 8
  • Plainfield, IL 8
  • McDonough, GA 7
  • Lancaster, PA 6
  • York, PA 5
  • Plymouth, MI 5
  • Tampa, FL 3

Countries of citizenship

  • Vietnam 78
  • India 15
  • Mexico 12
  • China 8
  • Canada 6
  • Portugal 4
  • Brazil 3
  • United Kingdom 3
  • El Salvador 3
  • Venezuela 2

Worker's education

  • High School 54
  • Bachelor's 39
  • Master's 25
  • None 21
  • Associate's 7
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 41
  • H-1B 30
  • L-1 25
  • F-1 19
  • TN 5
  • TPS 2
  • PAROLEE 1
  • B-2 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.