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Defender Services, Inc.

Employer · South Carolina, United States

Employer address
South Carolina, United States
Applications on record
1,654
FY2025 applications
0
FY2026 to 30 June
0
Programmes
PERM
Most common occupation
Packers and Packagers, Hand
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Defender Services, Inc. appears in 1,654 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June).

Applications by fiscal year — Defender Services, Inc.

271542FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
271542FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2015298
FY2016542
FY2017528
FY2018286
FY20190
FY20200
FY20210
FY20220
FY20230
FY20240
FY20250
FY2026*0
Fiscal yearPERM
FY2026*0
FY20250
FY20240
FY20230
FY20220
FY20210
FY20200
FY20190
FY2018286
FY2017528
FY2016542
FY2015298
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Defender Services, Inc.: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
NC1,320
SC334
Worksite states
  1. North Carolina1,320
  2. South Carolina334
Worksite cities
  1. Gastonia, NC1,031
  2. Anderson, SC334
  3. Hendersonville, NC288
  4. Bessemer City, NC1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Packers and Packagers, Hand866
  2. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners788
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. China464
  2. Vietnam402
  3. Iran368
  4. South Korea211
  5. Taiwan76
  6. Hong Kong44
  7. Colombia13
  8. Canada12
  9. Venezuela12
  10. Thailand11
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in South Carolina

Defender Services, Inc. has 1,654 work visa applications on record (FY2015–FY2026), ranking #1 of 1,191 sponsoring employers in South Carolina and #693 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 4.01% of the applications filed by employers based in South Carolina.

Rank in South Carolina
1 of 1,191
Rank in the United States
693 of 168,030
Share of South Carolina's applications
4.01%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 561) in South Carolina
88
Largest sponsoring employers in South Carolina
  1. Defender Services, Inc.1,654
  2. University of South Carolina1,358
  3. Clemson University1,323
  4. Schaeffler Group USA, Inc.826
  5. Del Norte Harvesting, LLC734
  6. Richland County School District One713
  7. Medical University of South Carolina706
  8. Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates616
  9. Ih Services, Inc538
  10. Orrba Systems LLC515
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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