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NORMAN W. FRIES, INC. D/B/A CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS
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19% Green-card filings denied 145 of 759 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2018 filings145 Green-card filings denied FY2010–FY2018 filings
No per-employee figure — we do not publish outcome counts per employee; no rank or percentile — this employer has no green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, the window outcome ranks are computed over.
74% Green-card filings certified 565 of 759 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2018 · FY2010–FY2018565 Green-card filings certified FY2010–FY2018No per-employee figure — we do not publish outcome counts per employee; no rank or percentile — this employer has no green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, the window outcome ranks are computed over.
Aug 2018 Last filingNo percentile — a date has no percentile; No share — a date has no share; No rank — a date has no rank; No per-employee figure — a date has no per-employee figure.
2 more figures: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
- Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% of 255 state-year cells < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
- History, not a hiring promise.
- We look at green-card filings denied, certified, withdrawn, last filing, and median wage, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers.
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- Manufacturing · est. 1,750 U.S. employees Showing 5 of 8 figures · Show all →
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19% Green-card filings denied 145 of 759 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2018 filings145 Green-card filings denied FY2010–FY2018 filings
No per-employee figure — we do not publish outcome counts per employee; no rank or percentile — this employer has no green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, the window outcome ranks are computed over.
74% Green-card filings certified 565 of 759 green-card filings · last filed Aug 2018 · FY2010–FY2018565 Green-card filings certified FY2010–FY2018No per-employee figure — we do not publish outcome counts per employee; no rank or percentile — this employer has no green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, the window outcome ranks are computed over.
6% Green-card filings withdrawn 49 of 759 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2018 filings49 Green-card filings withdrawn FY2010–FY2018 filingsNo per-employee figure — we do not publish outcome counts per employee; no rank or percentile — this employer has no green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, the window outcome ranks are computed over.
Aug 2018 Last filingNo percentile — a date has no percentile; No share — a date has no share; No rank — a date has no rank; No per-employee figure — a date has no per-employee figure.
$19,282 Median wage, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers FY2010–FY2018No percentile or rank — we do not rank employers by wage; No share — a median wage is not a share of anything; No per-employee figure — a median wage per employee is not a measure.
3 more figures: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
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- We look at last filing and work visas.
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- Manufacturing · est. 1,750 U.S. employees
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Aug 2018 Last filing
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0 Work visas Green cards: 759 · FY2010–FY2018No rank, percentile or per-employee figure — this employer has no filings in FY2023-FY2025, the window every rank is computed over; no year-on-year change — this employer has no work-visa filings in FY2024 or FY2025.
- History, not a hiring promise.
- We look at green-card filings denied, withdrawn, last filing, and median wage, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers.
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19% Green-card filings denied 145 of 759 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2018 filings145 Green-card filings denied FY2010–FY2018 filings
No per-employee figure — we do not publish outcome counts per employee; no rank or percentile — this employer has no green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, the window outcome ranks are computed over.
6% Green-card filings withdrawn 49 of 759 green-card filings · FY2010–FY2018 filings49 Green-card filings withdrawn FY2010–FY2018 filingsNo per-employee figure — we do not publish outcome counts per employee; no rank or percentile — this employer has no green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, the window outcome ranks are computed over.
Aug 2018 Last filingNo percentile — a date has no percentile; No share — a date has no share; No rank — a date has no rank; No per-employee figure — a date has no per-employee figure.
$19,282 Median wage, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers FY2010–FY2018No percentile or rank — we do not rank employers by wage; No share — a median wage is not a share of anything; No per-employee figure — a median wage per employee is not a measure.
2 more figures: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.
- Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% of 255 state-year cells < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
- History, not a hiring promise.
- We look at green-card filings denied, certified, withdrawn, work visas, green-card filings, share of all filings, and median wage, Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers.
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- History, not a hiring promise.
Every measurement we computed
The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.
Public record data. PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →
Filings over time
How many green-card filings NORMAN W. FRIES, INC. D/B/A CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS has filed each quarter, from FY2010 to today.
What this means
NORMAN W. FRIES, INC. D/B/A CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS applied to sponsor 759 workers for green cards between 2010 and 2018. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.
Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.
Offered wages on this employer’s filings
Median annual wage this employer offered, by occupation and fiscal year, over its own PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings — beside the prevailing wage the U.S. Department of Labor determined on the same filings. Two separate figures, never a ratio. Hourly, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly wages are converted to an annual figure using the unit DOL printed for that wage. Methodology →
1 further role in this employer’s most recent complete year is not shown: fewer than five filings per role, which is too few to publish a wage without describing individual people.
| Occupation | Fiscal year | Green-card filings | Median offered | Median prevailing | Wage level |
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| Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 | FY2018 | 8 | $17,347median of 8 filings | $17,347median of 8 filings | Level I |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022 | FY2018 | 6 | $17,014median of 6 filings | $17,014median of 6 filings | Level I |
| Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 | FY2017 | 62 | $16,952median of 62 filings | $16,952median of 62 filings | Level I |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022.00 | FY2017 | 11 | $16,848median of 11 filings | $16,848median of 11 filings | Level I |
| Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 | FY2016 | 219 | $16,765median of 219 filings | $16,765median of 219 filings | Level I |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022 | FY2016 | 155 | $19,282median of 155 filings | $19,282median of 155 filings | Level I |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022 | FY2015 | 137 | $19,282median of 137 filings | $19,282median of 137 filings | Level I |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022.00 | FY2012 | 33 | $16,848median of 33 filings | $16,848median of 33 filings | Level I |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022.00 | FY2011 | 73 | $16,640median of 73 filings | $16,640median of 73 filings | Level I |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 51-3022.00 | FY2010 | 34 | $17,680median of 34 filings | $17,680median of 34 filings | Level I |
“Not reported” means the Department of Labor published no such figure on those filings — from FY2025 its PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ disclosure file carries the employer’s offered wage only, with no prevailing-wage determination and no wage level. It does not mean the figure is unknown to us; it means DOL did not publish one.
Wage & Hour Enforcement
Source: DOL Wage & Hour Division WHISARD concluded compliance actions since FY2005. Back wages, civil money penalties, and employees affected, broken down by statute (FLSA, H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ , H-2A, H-2B, SCA, Davis-Bacon, FMLA). Data mirrored nightly from the WHISARD dataset.
USCIS H-1B petition outcomes
Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.
No USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data found for NORMAN W. FRIES, INC. D/B/A CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS.
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