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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Packaging Machinery Manufacturing

NAICS 333993

Decisions
409
Approved
93.6%
Median certified wage
$87,901
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 23 2 1
FY2017 22 2 0
FY2018 22 3 2
FY2019 16 3 3
FY2020 33 2 1
FY2021 37 5 3
FY2022 38 3 1
FY2023 33 1 1
FY2024 35 0 4
FY2025 42 1 4
FY2026 62 3 1

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Wisconsin 69
  • Texas 59
  • Illinois 55
  • Georgia 53
  • North Carolina 21
  • Virginia 20
  • New Jersey 19
  • Florida 16
  • Michigan 14
  • California 13

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 126
  • Master's 70
  • High School 33
  • None 27
  • Other 24
  • Associate's 10

Visa held when filed

  • L-1 133
  • H-1B 87
  • E-2 39
  • TN 8
  • F-1 6
  • E-1 3
  • NOT IN USA 2
  • B-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.