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Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Occupation · SOC 2018 51-4033 · United States

SOC 2018 code
51-4033
Share of U.S. applications
0.00%
Applications on record
69
FY2025
6
Certified (last three years)
87.5%
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 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic (SOC 51-4033). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

917FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
917FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20086
FY20091
FY201017
FY20119
FY20124
FY20132
FY20140
FY20150
FY20163
FY20172
FY20181
FY20193
FY20202
FY20211
FY20221
FY20236
FY20244
FY20256
FY2026*1
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BPERM
FY2026*001
FY2025024
FY2024004
FY2023015
FY2022100
FY2021100
FY2020002
FY2019003
FY2018001
FY2017002
FY2016003
FY2015000
FY2014000
FY2013002
FY2012004
FY2011009
FY20100017
FY2009001
FY2008006
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. Oshkosh Coil Spring, Inc.14
  2. City Cleaning Co. of New England, Inc3
  3. Zala Machine Co. Inc.2
  4. Konec USA LLC2
  5. Aerospace Manufacturing Corporation2
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).

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA27
WI14
NJ12
NV4
MA3
TX2
MP2
NY2
IL1
CT1
OK1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA24
  2. Oshkosh-Neenah, WI14
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ14
  4. Reno, NV4
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3
  6. Truckee-Grass Valley, CA2
  7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1
  9. New Haven, CT1
  10. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA1
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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