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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing

NAICS 331110

Decisions
184
Approved
98.8%
Median certified wage
$64,480
Years
FY2017 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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2017 4 0 2
FY2018 6 0 0
FY2019 39 0 1
FY2020 6 0 2
FY2021 20 0 0
FY2022 21 1 1
FY2023 5 0 1
FY2024 33 1 3
FY2025 21 0 0
FY2026 14 0 3

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 85
  • Ohio 14
  • Arkansas 12
  • Alabama 11
  • Florida 8
  • California 7
  • Virginia 6
  • Michigan 5
  • Louisiana 5
  • Pennsylvania 4

Worksite cities

  • Conroe, TX 64
  • Osceola, AR 7
  • Houston, TX 7
  • Mingo Junction, OH 6
  • Portland, TX 6
  • Miami, FL 5
  • Sterling, VA 5
  • McCalla, AL 5
  • Pine Bluff, AR 4
  • Middletown, OH 4

Countries of citizenship

  • Mexico 69
  • India 19
  • South Korea 10
  • Turkey 7
  • Canada 6
  • Ukraine 4
  • Germany 4
  • Spain 4
  • Italy 3
  • Brazil 2

Worker's education

  • None 68
  • Bachelor's 39
  • Master's 26
  • Other 3
  • Doctorate 2
  • Associate's 1
  • High School 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 64
  • H-1B 32
  • TN 12
  • E-2 11
  • L-1 8
  • F-1 7
  • B-2 2
  • E-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.