DOL OFLC, H-2B Selected Statistics FY2018

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DOL OFFICE OF FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Labor Certification Program - Selected Statistics, FY 2018 Applications Received1 FYTD Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 % Change FY 2017 9,465 1,858 5,965 269 1,373 5.4% Applications Processed Determinations FY Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Determinations 9,490 1,749 5,385 1,208 1,148 - Certified 7,420 1,216 4,656 - Denied - Withdrawn - Rejected1 Positions Requested Positions Certified Processed Timely2 1,001 933 136 218 279 36 286 408 35 664 348 173 23 884 149 73 42 194,384 45,787 97,837 22,623 28,137 147,592 33,504 84,482 8,803 20,803 78.4% 82.3% 86.6% 21.4% 89.7% Top Occupations 1.3% 1.4% 2.0% 2.6% 2.7% 4.1% 5.3% 21.3% 45.5% 7.5% 6.2% Landscaping and Ground… Forest and Conservation… Maids and Housekeeping… Amusement and Recreation… Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters Waiters and Waitresses Construction Laborers Cooks, Restaurant Counter Attendants… Nonfarm Animal Caretakers Remaining Occupations 50.2% Top States 13.9% 7.2% 5.1% 3.6% 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 3.0% 3.1% 3.4% Texas Florida Colorado Louisiana Pennsylvania Virginia North Carolina South Carolina New York Maryland Remaining States 1“Applications Received” and “Rejected” Applications are derived from data not publicly disclosed. 2 “Processed Timely” is defined as percentage applications processed 30 days before the date of need. Data as of September 30, 2018. All figures are rounded and not audited.

Review of Positions Certified FY 2018 (% of total certified FY 2018) Top 10 Occupations (based on SOC Codes) Top 10 States Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Forest and Conservation Workers Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Amusement and Recreation Attendants Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 67,112 45.5% 11,093 7.5% 9,180 6.2% 7,865 5.3% 6,011 4.1% Waiters and Waitresses 4,016 2.7% Construction Laborers 3,796 2.6% Cooks, Restaurant 2,977 2.0% Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession 2,067 1.4% Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 1,968 1.3% Texas Florida Colorado Louisiana Pennsylvania Virginia North Carolina South Carolina New York Maryland 20,443 13.9% 10,690 7.2% 7,556 5.1% 5,341 3.6% 5,216 3.5% 5,173 3.5% 5,129 3.5% 4,984 3.4% 4,579 3.1% 4,439 3.0% Brightview Landscapes 3,390 2.3% Progressive Solutions, LLC 2,095 1.4% Imperial Pacific International 1,644 1.1% Alpha Services, LLC 1,330 0.9% Top 10 Employers Faith Forestry Services, Inc. Silver Bay Seafoods, LLC ABC Professional Tree Services, Inc. Triple H Services, LLC Trident Seafoods, Inc. Icicle Seafoods, Inc. 869 840 0.6% 0.6% 803 0.5% 752 752 702 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%