PERM in Limited-Service Restaurants
NAICS 722513
- Decisions
- 14,889
- Approved
- 96.1%
- Median certified wage
- $24,960
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 3 | 11 |
| FY2017 | 414 | 25 | 73 |
| FY2018 | 338 | 22 | 23 |
| FY2019 | 394 | 29 | 57 |
| FY2020 | 467 | 21 | 106 |
| FY2021 | 657 | 15 | 92 |
| FY2022 | 645 | 31 | 79 |
| FY2023 | 1,009 | 101 | 26 |
| FY2024 | 1,858 | 160 | 115 |
| FY2025 | 4,452 | 26 | 182 |
| FY2026 | 3,158 | 112 | 165 |
Top sponsors
- Akash Management LLC 859
- Phase Three Star LLC 595
- MUY BRANDS, LLC 346
- Primary Aim LLC 323
- Hospitality Syracuse Inc. 308
- Napoli PSC Series LLC 271
- Buckley Enterprises, LLC 251
- DRM, Inc. 238
- SDC Restaurants LLC 229
- Dobski & Associates, Inc. 219
Top occupations
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 7,641
- Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 3,307
- Cooks, Fast Food 708
- Food Preparation Workers 521
- Cooks, Restaurant 424
- Chefs and Head Cooks 188
- Food Service Managers 142
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 137
- Cashiers 97
- Driver/Sales Workers 81
Worksite states
- South Carolina 1,501
- Missouri 928
- California 922
- Texas 872
- New York 798
- Georgia 675
- Kansas 629
- North Carolina 623
- Wisconsin 622
- Pennsylvania 521
Worksite cities
- Houston, TX 280
- North Charleston, SC 271
- Charlotte, NC 255
- Maple Grove, MN 220
- Green Bay, WI 212
- Spartanburg, SC 211
- Lawrence, KS 208
- Columbia, SC 205
- Philadelphia, PA 198
- St. Peters, MO 191
Countries of citizenship
- Nepal 1,194
- South Korea 629
- Brazil 601
- Vietnam 565
- Bangladesh 516
- China 345
- Pakistan 268
- Thailand 161
- Turkey 134
- Albania 114
Worker's education
- None 5,105
- High School 432
- Bachelor's 272
- Master's 130
- Associate's 66
- Other 32
- Doctorate 1
Visa held when filed
- F-1 2,529
- NOT IN USA 1,254
- B-2 281
- F-2 279
- H-1B 133
- E-2 131
- J-1 59
- TPS 51
- B-1 44
- EWI 24
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.