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Slaughterers and Meat Packers

Occupation · SOC 2018 51-3023 · United States

SOC 2018 code
51-3023
Share of U.S. applications
0.03%
Applications on record
3,443
FY2025
504
Certified (last three years)
94.5%
Main route
PERM labour certification
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Slaughterers and Meat Packers (SOC 51-3023). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Slaughterers and Meat Packers

292583FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
292583FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200811
FY20092
FY201011
FY201150
FY20121
FY201312
FY201465
FY2015352
FY2016328
FY201762
FY2018352
FY201986
FY202047
FY2021196
FY2022140
FY2023583
FY2024362
FY2025504
FY2026*279
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0332271
FY202502110491
FY202431241333
FY202300261556
FY202211350103
FY202110140181
FY2020106139
FY2019009077
FY201800100342
FY2017007055
FY20160140323
FY20150020350
FY2014002063
FY201300219
FY201200100
FY2011000050
FY2010000011
FY200900002
FY2008000011
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Case Farms Processing Inc.1,693
  2. Perdue Farms Inc.279
  3. West Liberty Foods, LLC218
  4. Roger Wood Foods, Inc.147
  5. Clemens Food Group LLC127
  6. New Angus, LLC110
  7. Peco Foods, Inc109
  8. &quot;D.L. LEE & SONS Inc.75
  9. Koch Foods of Cumming, LLC57
  10. House of Raeford Farms, Inc.56
  11. House of Raeford Farms, Inc55
  12. J.H. Routh Packing Co51
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 state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Slaughterers and Meat Packers: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
NC947
OH896
GA317
DE226
IA173
MI148
AR120
SD113
TX94
SC55
IL55
NE49
KY34
PA27
PR27
FL25
CA25
MN14
NJ12
TN11
NY10
UT10
OK9
MP6
MO5
ND5
WI4
NM4
IN4
WA3
MT3
ID2
AZ2
LA2
CO2
VA1
WV1
KS1
MD1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC848
  2. Seaford, DE225
  3. Muscatine, IA166
  4. Coldwater, MI148
  5. Savannah, GA147
  6. Aberdeen, SD110
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA62
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN55
  9. Columbia, SC55
  10. Sandusky, OH51
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Halal Meal Slaughterer4
  2. Halal Meat Chief Butcher1
  3. Butcher1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Aberdeen, SD
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Coldwater, MI
  • Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
  • Muscatine, IA
  • Sandusky, OH
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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