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Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

Occupation · SOC 2018 51-3093 · United States

SOC 2018 code
51-3093
Share of U.S. applications
0.00%
Applications on record
417
FY2025
29
Certified (last three years)
99.0%
Main route
H-2B non-agricultural workers
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 Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders (SOC 51-3093). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders

2039FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
2039FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200816
FY200910
FY20105
FY201114
FY20129
FY201318
FY201418
FY201518
FY201619
FY201722
FY201839
FY201933
FY202031
FY202123
FY202232
FY202331
FY202435
FY202529
FY2026*15
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*01401
FY202502702
FY202403401
FY202302812
FY202203200
FY202102201
FY202002902
FY201913110
FY201803900
FY201702200
FY201601900
FY201501800
FY201401800
FY201301701
FY20120900
FY201101004
FY20100005
FY200900010
FY200800016
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. Sterling Sugars, LLC41
  2. Alma Plantation, LLC40
  3. Cora Texas Manufacturing Co., L.L.C.28
  4. Raceland Raw Sugar, LLC24
  5. St. Mary Sugar Cooperative, Inc.23
  6. M. A. Patout & Son, Ltd.19
  7. Lafourche Sugars, L.L.C.18
  8. Cajun Sugar Company, LLC17
  9. Louisiana Sugar Cane Cooperative, Inc.17
  10. Lula-Westfield, LLC13
  11. Serapios Tortilla Factory12
  12. The J. M. Clayton Company, Inc.11
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).

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
LA260
MD73
VA19
OK14
AZ10
NC8
AL5
NY4
CA3
SC3
TX3
MA2
NJ2
DE2
PA2
MS1
IL1
NV1
WA1
AK1
MI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Cambridge, MD72
  2. Baton Rouge, LA61
  3. Morgan City, LA51
  4. New Iberia, LA41
  5. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA39
  6. Lafayette, LA14
  7. Oklahoma City, OK12
  8. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ10
  9. Washington, NC7
  10. Mobile, AL5
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. Kitchen Chef1
  2. Machine Operator1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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