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Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other

Occupation · SOC 2018 51-4199 · United States

SOC 2018 code
51-4199
Share of U.S. applications
0.00%
Applications on record
35
FY2025
3
Certified (last three years)
33.3%
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 Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other (SOC 51-4199). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other

36FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
36FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20083
FY20091
FY20100
FY20113
FY20125
FY20132
FY20142
FY20150
FY20166
FY20172
FY20180
FY20190
FY20202
FY20210
FY20223
FY20232
FY20241
FY20253
FY2026*0
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*000
FY2025030
FY2024001
FY2023101
FY2022021
FY2021000
FY2020101
FY2019000
FY2018000
FY2017101
FY2016024
FY2015000
FY2014101
FY2013200
FY2012410
FY2011300
FY2010000
FY2009001
FY2008003

Largest sponsoring employers

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

Applications by employer
  1. The Metal Surgeon2
  2. Omega Protein, Inc.2
  3. Rambusch Decorating Company1
  4. CM Excavating, Co.1

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other: applications by worksite state

1+1+1+1+3+
1+1+1+1+3+
Data table
StateApplications
CA5
TX5
UT3
MS3
KY3
LA2
CO2
MA1
NJ1
OK1
PA1
WI1
MN1
KS1
WA1
VA1
FL1
ND1
IL1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA5
  2. Memphis, TN-MS-AR3
  3. Logan, UT-ID3
  4. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2
  5. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO2
  6. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ1
  7. Elizabethtown, KY1
  8. Tulsa, OK1
  9. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1
  10. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1

Pay

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

Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Fabrication Welder3
  2. Automotive Sheet Metal Fabricator2
  3. Metal Workers2
  4. Applications Engineering Technician1