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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Food Services and Drinking Places (group 722)

NAICS 722211

Decisions
2,176
Approved
92.3%
Median certified wage
$16,848
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 1,322 72 99
FY2017 275 51 4
FY2018 99 6 1
FY2019 63 8 2
FY2020 39 7 2
FY2021 26 8 2
FY2022 18 3 2
FY2023 13 3 1
FY2024 49 1 0

Top sponsors

  • MUY HAMBURGER PARTNERS, LLC 489
  • MUY PIZZA HOUSTON, LLC 333
  • MUY PIZZA SOUTHEAST LLC 245
  • MUY PIZZA TEJAS LLC 153
  • PACPIZZA,LLC 136
  • MUY PIZZA LLC 89
  • MUY PIZZA MINNESOTA LLC 62
  • Thesa Restaurants Corp. 52
  • St. Juste Management Corp dba Goliad Foods Inc. 42
  • RTA Restaurants Corp. 41

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Texas 1,170
  • California 227
  • Virginia 145
  • Ohio 100
  • Florida 79
  • Minnesota 69
  • North Carolina 68
  • Missouri 42
  • Massachusetts 34
  • Michigan 26

Worksite cities

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • None 1,891
  • High School 99
  • Bachelor's 94
  • Master's 61
  • Other 17
  • Associate's 13
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • NOT IN USA 728
  • F-1 203
  • H-1B 80
  • E-2 58
  • B-2 43
  • F-2 31
  • EWI 12
  • TN 10
  • B-1 6
  • H-2B 5

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.