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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Stores

NAICS 444220

Decisions
214
Approved
95.6%
Median certified wage
$44,034
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 5 1 0
FY2017 3 2 0
FY2018 3 0 1
FY2019 19 0 0
FY2020 24 0 2
FY2021 31 0 0
FY2022 34 4 4
FY2023 16 2 2
FY2024 41 0 0
FY2025 17 0 0
FY2026 3 0 0

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Tennessee 76
  • Ohio 23
  • Iowa 18
  • Pennsylvania 15
  • Virginia 14
  • Texas 13
  • New York 13
  • Arkansas 9
  • California 7
  • North Dakota 5

Worksite cities

  • Brentwood, TN 76
  • Oakwood Village, OH 17
  • Marion, IA 16
  • Moon Township, PA 13
  • Little Rock, AR 9
  • New City, NY 7
  • Falls Church, VA 6
  • Berthold, ND 5
  • Fairfax, VA 5
  • Seminole, TX 4

Countries of citizenship

  • India 76
  • Mexico 51
  • Jamaica 16
  • El Salvador 9
  • Guatemala 7
  • South Africa 5
  • Serbia 4
  • Colombia 3
  • Philippines 3
  • China 2

Worker's education

  • None 65
  • Bachelor's 63
  • Master's 25
  • High School 24
  • Other 10
  • Associate's 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 86
  • H-2B 24
  • NOT IN USA 22
  • H-2A 21
  • E-2 2
  • EWI 2
  • TN 1
  • F-1 1
  • B-1 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.