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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing (group 33221)

NAICS 332212

Decisions
23
Approved
95.2%
Median certified wage
$74,485
Years
FY2016 to FY2021

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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 7 1 0
FY2017 2 0 0
FY2018 4 0 1
FY2019 5 0 1
FY2020 1 0 0
FY2021 1 0 0

Top sponsors

  • Apex Tool Group 6
  • FISKARS BRANDS INC. 4
  • NORTH AMERICAN ACQUISTION DBS AMTEC PRECISION 3
  • Modern Machine Shop Inc 1
  • UCAL Systems, Inc. d/b/a AMTEC Precision Products 1
  • PACE, INCORPORATED 1
  • PCT CUTTERS, INC. 1
  • ZIRCON CORPORATION 1
  • INDOSHELL PRECISION TECHNOLOGIES 1
  • Viatek Consumer Products Group, Inc. 1

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Maryland 4
  • Illinois 4
  • Wisconsin 3
  • California 3
  • Arkansas 1
  • Texas 1
  • Missouri 1
  • North Carolina 1
  • Iowa 1
  • Tennessee 1

Worksite cities

  • Elgin, IL 4
  • Middleton, WI 3
  • Sparks, MD 3
  • Jonesboro, AR 1
  • Laredo, TX 1
  • Excelsior Springs, MO 1
  • Elkridge, MD 1
  • Apex, NC 1
  • Santa Fe Springs, CA 1
  • Campbell, CA 1

Countries of citizenship

  • India 13
  • Canada 5
  • Mexico 3
  • Taiwan 1
  • Colombia 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 10
  • Bachelor's 7
  • None 5
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 17
  • L-1 3
  • EWI 2
  • 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.