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Occupations beginning with W
29 of the 1,410 occupations with a page here, 2.1% of them. The busiest is Web and Digital Interface Designers with 852 filings; the smallest carry 1. Every name is DOL's own spelling from the disclosure files.
All 29, alphabetically
Each number is the PERM cases DOL's current files record for that occupation.
- Waiters and Waitresses 497
- Waiters and Waitresses 105
- Warehouse Manager 12
- Watch and Clock Repairers 11
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 1
- Water Resource Specialists 1
- WATER WELL PUMP TECHNICIAN 6
- Water/Wastewater Engineers 145
- Weatherization Installers and Technicians 3
- Web Administrators 2
- Web and Digital Interface Designers 852
- Web Developers 698
- WEB DEVELOPERS 19
- Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 1
- WELDER 10
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 131
- WELDING, SOLDERING, AND BRAZEN MACHINE SETTERS, OPERATORS 13
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 14
- Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products 126
- Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products 45
- Wind Energy Development Managers 7
- Wind Energy Engineers 8
- Wind Energy Operations Managers 2
- Wind Turbine Service Technicians 1
- Wind Turbine Service Technicians 1
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 11
- Word Processors and Typists 1
- Writers and Authors 20
- Writers and Authors 5
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Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
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