COOK, Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 1,453 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for COOK roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2007–2024), with 872 certified (60% certification rate). Median offered wage: $27K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes, COOK
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 872 | 60.0% |
| Denied | 526 | 36.2% |
| Withdrawn | 55 | 3.8% |
Counts across FY2007–2024. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for COOK
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Ole\' | 27 |
| Artnick, Ltd. | 27 |
| Two Rows Restaurant | 25 |
| E & J Restaurants LLC | 23 |
| Interurban Grille | 18 |
| Espino, LLC | 12 |
| Adw Suwanee Llccraft Burger By Shane | 11 |
| Cbs 2500 Old Milton Llccraft Burger By Shane | 8 |
| Touch Cha Inc dba Hanuman Thai Eatery | 7 |
| La Bamba Mexican Spanish Restaurant II Inc | 6 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for COOK roles, FY2007–2024.
Top States for COOK PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| California | 227 |
| New York | 156 |
| New Jersey | 128 |
| Massachusetts | 112 |
| Oklahoma | 99 |
| Texas | 75 |
| Florida | 73 |
| Virginia | 63 |
| Colorado | 57 |
| Arizona | 47 |
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 COOK H-1B volume.
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2007–2024) for COOK roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.