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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing

NAICS 331221

Decisions
68
Approved
64.1%
Median certified wage
$28,059
Years
FY2016 to FY2024

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 5 0 0
FY2017 6 17 2
FY2018 2 5 1
FY2019 14 0 0
FY2020 10 1 1
FY2021 2 0 0
FY2022 1 0 0
FY2023 0 0 0
FY2024 1 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 58
  • Kentucky 3
  • Pennsylvania 2
  • Michigan 1
  • Florida 1
  • Illinois 1
  • Ohio 1
  • North Carolina 1

Worksite cities

  • Seminole, TX 57
  • Bowling Green, KY 3
  • St. Joseph, MI 1
  • Aventura, FL 1
  • Chicago, IL 1
  • Mingo Junction, OH 1
  • Falls Creek, PA 1
  • Houston, TX 1
  • Jersey Shore, PA 1
  • Taylorsville, NC 1

Countries of citizenship

  • Mexico 43
  • Canada 17
  • India 3
  • Venezuela 1
  • Spain 1
  • United States Of America 1
  • Italy 1
  • United Kingdom 1

Worker's education

  • None 57
  • Bachelor's 6
  • Master's 4
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • B-1 28
  • H-2A 11
  • H-1B 8
  • O-1 1
  • TN 1
  • J-1 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.