Chefs and Head Cooks, Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 6,365 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Chefs and Head Cooks roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2007–2026), with 5,097 certified (80.1% certification rate). Median offered wage: $48K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes, Chefs and Head Cooks
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 5,097 | 80.1% |
| Denied | 939 | 14.8% |
| Withdrawn | 329 | 5.2% |
Counts across FY2007–2026. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Chefs and Head Cooks
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Fogo De Chao Holdings Inc. | 134 |
| Kabuki Restaurants,inc. | 34 |
| Naan-n-curry LLC | 23 |
| Quan\'s Enterprises Inc. | 21 |
| N & L Lichtenstein Inc. | 19 |
| Deli 65 | 18 |
| Meditco, Inc. Dba Phoenicia Specialty Foods | 16 |
| Quan\'s Kitchen Inc. | 15 |
| Fogo De Chao Churrascaria (holdings) LLC | 15 |
| main restaurants inc | 12 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Chefs and Head Cooks roles, FY2007–2026.
Top States for Chefs and Head Cooks PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 1,202 |
| New York | 926 |
| Texas | 650 |
| Florida | 395 |
| Massachusetts | 290 |
| Illinois | 284 |
| New Jersey | 283 |
| Georgia | 200 |
| Pennsylvania | 197 |
| Maryland | 165 |
Linked states have a full H-1B wage-level breakdown.
PERM vs. H-1B, What's the Difference?
PERM (ETA-9089) is the labor certification an employer must obtain from the Department of Labor before filing an employment-based green card petition (I-140), the first formal step toward permanent residence.
An H-1B Labor Condition Application is a different filing for temporary work authorization. A company can file heavily in one and rarely in the other for the same occupation, so the figures above are not a restatement of Chefs and Head Cooks H-1B volume.
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2007–2026) for Chefs and Head Cooks roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.