PERM in Caterers
NAICS 722320
- Decisions
- 160
- Approved
- 85.0%
- Median certified wage
- $45,000
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 21 | 3 | 1 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Chefs and Head Cooks 34
- Cooks, Restaurant 24
- Food Service Managers 14
- Food Preparation Workers 13
- Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners* 11
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 5
- Management Analysts 5
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 4
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 2
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 2
Worksite states
- California 30
- New York 26
- Florida 20
- New Jersey 15
- Texas 11
- Virginia 11
- Illinois 10
- Michigan 5
- Maryland 5
- District of Columbia 4
Worksite cities
- New York, NY 11
- San Diego, CA 7
- Houston, TX 7
- Miami, FL 6
- Los Angeles, CA 6
- Fairfield, CA 5
- San Francisco, CA 4
- Washington, DC 4
- College Park, MD 4
- Saipan, MP 3
Countries of citizenship
- South Korea 13
- Mexico 9
- El Salvador 7
- Venezuela 6
- Turkey 4
- France 4
- Canada 4
- Greece 4
- Philippines 3
- Brazil 3
Worker's education
- None 52
- Bachelor's 19
- High School 13
- Associate's 7
- Master's 7
- Other 6
Visa held when filed
- F-1 17
- B-2 13
- NOT IN USA 10
- H-1B 10
- EWI 8
- TPS 7
- TN 5
- E-2 4
- F-2 2
- L-1 2
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.