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PERM sponsorship by industry

PERM in Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated)

NAICS 812320

Decisions
548
Approved
83.8%
Median certified wage
$25,792
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  • withdrawn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Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn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 132 12 5
FY2017 75 8 6
FY2018 63 5 4
FY2019 28 3 4
FY2020 30 5 1
FY2021 45 0 2
FY2022 4 48 0
FY2023 7 0 2
FY2024 15 1 2
FY2025 17 0 0
FY2026 20 2 2

Top sponsors

Top occupations

Worksite states

  • Mississippi 69
  • Texas 61
  • Virginia 58
  • New York 48
  • New Jersey 35
  • California 33
  • Georgia 28
  • Florida 26
  • Maryland 25
  • Pennsylvania 21

Worksite cities

  • Gulfport, MS 68
  • New York, NY 21
  • Washington, DC 18
  • Houston, TX 8
  • Baltimore, MD 7
  • Atlanta, GA 6
  • Bloomington, IN 6
  • Alexandria, VA 6
  • Arlington, VA 6
  • Austin, TX 5

Countries of citizenship

Worker's education

  • None 363
  • High School 73
  • Bachelor's 35
  • Master's 17
  • Associate's 10
  • Other 2

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 99
  • NOT IN USA 87
  • E-2 84
  • B-2 53
  • F-2 44
  • EWI 12
  • H-1B 5
  • PAROLEE 4
  • H-4 4
  • O-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.