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PERM sponsor, #46 of 70,985 by filings

Adobe Inc.

Adobe Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 235 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on October 7, 2026. Adobe Inc. has 226 PERM cases waiting with DOL, all of them on hold.

Main job
Software Developers · 43% of its filings
Main worksite
San Jose, CA · 65% of its filings
Industry
Computer Systems Design Services · NAICS 541512

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Filings

745

#46 of 70,985

Certified

733

3 denied

Approval

99.6%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$176,000

offered, per year

Median days

473

7 slower than the field

Right now

DOL's live record of its cases, read every day, and what it has done to them as a group.

In the queue right now 1,007 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

226

of 1,007 tracked cases. The other 781 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed September 2, 2025, 13 months ago.

Where those 226 are standing

APPLICATION ON HOLD
226100%

None of this changes one case's wait: DOL works one national line. Where DOL is working now is the figure that does.

From DOL's live status of 1,007 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 1,007, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 17, 2026

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What DOL has done to its cases as a group

  1. October 8 DOL put 10 of its cases on hold
  2. September 24 DOL put 215 of its cases on hold
  3. September 11 DOL took 201 of its cases off hold, back to analyst review
  4. September 10 DOL put 201 of its cases on hold

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Its newest filings

Filed since DOL's last quarterly file, so the wage and law firm aren't published yet.

The 8 newest. Every filing by this employer is in the case search, live and published together.

Source: DOL's own case-status service, flag.dol.gov, where any of these numbers can be looked up. A filing shows there soon after it's made, months before DOL's quarterly files.

How long it takes

How long their cases are taking

  1. Adobe Inc.

    median of 8 decisions in the last 90 days

    304 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 28,615 decisions in the same 90 days

    302 days

About the same as everyone: DOL works one national line in filing order. Filing to decision, over decisions we watched DOL make; withdrawals left out.

Filed today: a new case joins the same line as anyone's, behind 80,795 cases, and would be decided around March 13, 2027 (between February 21, 2027 and April 22, 2027). Estimate another date

Every program

Across DOL's programs

The wage request, the PERM and the H-1B labor condition application, one line each.

PERM (green card)
745 published
226 pending
$176,000 median, n=745
Prevailing wage requests
1,157 published
117 pending
$171,417 median, n=1,127
H-1B labor condition applications
6,364 published
12 pending
$165,000 median, n=6,349

Its median H-1B wage is $165,000 across 6,349 LCAs, 6.3% lower than its median PERM wage of $176,000 across 745 cases. Different forms, different years and different jobs sit behind the two medians, so this is a gap in what was filed, not a finding.

Of its 226 pending PERM cases, 226 (100%) sit outside DOL's normal queue: 226 on hold. The hold, from this site's daily record: 215 on hold since September 24, 2026; 1 already on hold when first recorded; 10 put on hold on other days. Where that sits among every employer.

Every case across these programs is in the search.

How these are counted

Medians are of the published rows with a usable wage, annualised from whatever unit the filing quoted, and withheld under 10 wages. DOL publishes no employer number, so filings are matched by the employer's legal name; another employer with the same legal name would be counted here too. The PERM is the green-card step; the wage request comes months before it, and the LCA is the separate form for an H-1B. DOL publishes each in its own file, and its live record shows what is still open.

Its newest wage requests and LCAs

Filed by Adobe Inc., newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.

Wage requests

All wage requests by this employer

H-1B LCAs

All H-1B LCAs by this employer

Source: DOL's own case-status service, flag.dol.gov, where any of these numbers can be looked up. A filing shows there soon after it's made, months before DOL's quarterly files.

What its H-1B LCAs were for

From DOL's quarterly LCA files: 6,364 LCAs filed by Adobe Inc., 6,245 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

3,170 positions for new employment, 1,430 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 3,170 · 39%
  • Change of employer 7e 1,430 · 17%
  • Continuing 7b 3,169 · 39%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 24 · 1%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
  • Amended petition 7f 410 · 5%

Shares of the 8,197 worker positions requested. These are positions on certified LCAs, not people hired: DOL certifies an LCA before any petition, and many are never used.

What each box on the form means
  • New employment (7a). Starting with a new employer.
  • Change of employer (7e). Moving here from another employer, keeping the visa classification already held.
  • Continuing (7b). Staying with the same employer.
  • Change in previous employment (7c). Same employer, no material change to the job duties.
  • Concurrent employment (7d). Adding this employer while keeping another.
  • Amended petition (7f). Same employer, with a material change to the job duties.

Form ETA-9035, Section B, Item 7, in DOL's words from its LCA record layout. One LCA can tick several boxes.

Wage level it chose

  • Level I 206 · 4%
  • Level II 1,674 · 36%
  • Level III 1,044 · 22%
  • Level IV 1,764 · 38%

Shares of the 4,688 certified LCAs that named an OES level. The form asks for the level only when the employer set the wage from the OES survey itself; 1,557 of 6,245 used another source, such as a DOL wage determination or another survey. Level I is entry, Level IV fully competent.

What it declared on Section H

H-1B-dependent
No
Found a willful violator
No

As answered on its newest LCA, filed June 24, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 5,957 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 6,289. Both are the employer's own answers.

What the two answers mean

H-1B-dependent (20 CFR 655.736(a)): 25 or fewer full-time-equivalent employees in the US and more than 7 H-1B workers; 26 to 50 and more than 12; or 51 or more, with H-1B workers equal to at least 15% of them.

Willful violator (655.736(f)): DOL or the Justice Department found a willful failure or a misrepresentation of a material fact in the five years before the LCA was filed.

Either one adds two promises to the employer's LCAs: not to displace US workers, and to recruit US workers before hiring H-1B workers (655.738, 655.739). They don't apply to an LCA used only for exempt workers, paid at least $60,000 a year or holding a related master's degree (655.737). The rule on eCFR

Visas these LCAs support: H-1B 6,287 · E-3 (Australia) 63 · H-1B1 (Singapore) 14. E-3 and H-1B1 use the same LCA as the H-1B.

Against other sponsors

Where it sits among 70,985 sponsors. The full ranking sorts every column.

Each figure ranked only among sponsors with enough cases for it to mean something. No single score: they measure different things.

  • PERM approval rate

    99.6% of 736 decided PERM cases

    Higher than 30% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    235 filed in the last 12 months

    At the top of the 13,941 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

  • H-1B LCAs certified in the last 24 months

    2,173 certified in the last 24 months

    At the top of the 27,916 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    15% of 2,344 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 54% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

  • Share of H-1B LCAs at wage level III or IV

    47% of 1,550 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 63% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

  • USCIS H-1B approval rate, last 3 fiscal years

    98.1% of 2,129 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 44% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.

Position in the field 1,343 sponsors with 30+ decided

Approval rate

99.6%ahead of 30%

0% 100%

Median days to decision

473 daysahead of 38%

5d 1152d
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. Sponsors with fewer than 30 decided cases are left out of the population rather than plotted, because a rate over a handful of cases lands wherever the handful landed. The line marks this one.
DOL PERM disclosure files

Against the sponsors ranked nearest

The 105 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 340 and 6,875 filings.

Their median wait
461 days
This one
473 days

This one sits 12 days behind them.

Why no approval rate

A band is a slice of the volume ranking rather than a population picked for having enough decided cases, so a band rate would be solid at the top of the list and noise at the bottom, under one heading.

Where this sits in the ranking

Ranked 46 of 70,985 by volume: 45 filed at least as many filings, and 70,939 filed no more.

Just above
Capgemini America, Inc. 759 filings
Just below
Amazon Web Services, Inc. 717 filings

Sponsors filing at the same rate

Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.

Sponsors hiring for the same work

The employers filing the most PERM cases for Software Developers, the occupation this sponsor files for most.

What they file, and where

A rank says how much. It says nothing about what the work is, which is the part a job offer from this sponsor turns on.

What the jobs are

Software Developers

SOC 15-1252.00 · 323 filings, 43% of everything they file · 100.0% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 551 of 745 cases between them. The occupation on a PERM is the SOC code on the form, which is the job as DOL classifies it rather than the job title on the offer. DOL still accepts two SOC vintages, so one job can appear twice under two codes; the code is printed for exactly that reason.

The industry they declared

Computer Systems Design Services

NAICS 541512 · 745 filings

How this is counted

The NAICS code the employer entered on the form, with the Census Bureau's title for it. DOL publishes the code alone, and an employer can file under more than one.

Where the jobs are

  • California 567
  • Washington 56
  • New York 34
  • Texas 32
  • Utah 32
  • Massachusetts 15
How this is counted

The worksite state on the application, which is where the job is and not where the company is headquartered. Volume by state across everyone is on the state map. These 6 states cover 736 of 745 filings.

Where the work is

  • San Jose, CA 483
  • San Francisco, CA 84
  • Seattle, WA 56
  • New York, NY 34
  • Austin, TX 32
  • Lehi, UT 32
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 721 of 745 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP 656 filings · 99.8% approved
  2. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP 89 filings · 97.8% approved
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 745 of 745 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The Mercury News

    348 cases

  2. San Jose Mercury News

    78 cases

  3. San Francisco Chronicle

    71 cases

  4. The Seattle Times

    53 cases

  5. The New York Times

    30 cases

  6. The Salt Lake Tribune

    27 cases
How this is counted

The newspaper or professional journal named for each case's two print ads, one count per paper per case, however the filer spelled it.

Additional steps it used

  1. Job search websites

    656 cases

  2. Local or ethnic newspapers

    656 cases

  3. Radio or TV ads

    654 cases

  4. Trade or professional organizations

    2 cases
How this is counted

The steps a professional job needs beyond the job order and the ads, by the number of cases that name each.

How long before filing it began

  1. Under 30 days

    0.0%

  2. 30 to 59 days

    0.0%

  3. 60 to 89 days

    13%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    27%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    21%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    39%

  7. Over 180 days

    0.0%
How this is counted

Days from the first recruitment step to the filing. 20 C.F.R. § 656.17(e) puts the job order and ads 30 to 180 days before filing.

Where every PERM employer recruits

History

Year by year since 2019

2,008 PERM decisions from FY2019 to FY2026, busiest in FY2025 with 466.

  • certified
  • denied
  • withdrawn

Fiscal years, October to September. A year filed under another name is missing, not zero. FY2026 is partial: DOL's newest file runs through June 2026.

Every year as a table
Fiscal year Certified Denied Withdrawn
FY2019 181 0 3
FY2020 286 0 3
FY2021 331 8 2
FY2022 180 0 0
FY2023 269 0 0
FY2024 88 2 6
FY2025 463 1 2
FY2026 182 0 1

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 1,263. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22252-18783 2023-09-28 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $155,200
A-22252-18743 2023-09-28 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $234,117
A-22279-34296 2023-09-27 certified Machine Learning Engineer, CA $243,600
A-22308-51792 2023-09-27 certified Product Manager, CA $185,000
A-22308-51857 2023-09-25 certified Software Development Engineer, UT $140,938
A-22271-29415 2023-09-25 certified Software Development Engineer, UT $145,000
A-22270-29280 2023-09-25 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $152,177
A-22269-27786 2023-09-25 certified Software Development Engineer, WA $225,000
The other 17
A-22275-32008 2023-09-25 certified Product Manager, CA $185,000
A-22271-29363 2023-09-22 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $140,938
A-22271-29353 2023-09-22 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $285,000
A-22272-30244 2023-09-14 certified Business Intelligence Analyst, CA $156,853
A-22258-21758 2023-09-14 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $167,149
A-22252-18787 2023-09-14 certified Software Development Engineer, TX $138,000
A-22252-18772 2023-09-14 certified Software Development Engineer, WA $218,696
A-22242-13908 2023-09-14 certified Software Development Engineer, OR $111,304
A-22258-21806 2023-09-14 certified Professional Services Consultant, CA $166,379
A-22271-29407 2023-09-14 certified Product Manager, CA $161,242
A-22259-22525 2023-09-08 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $155,250
A-22262-23545 2023-09-08 certified Technical Support Engineer, CA $150,000
A-22259-22503 2023-09-08 certified Technology Consultant, UT $147,826
A-22259-22572 2023-09-06 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $141,378
A-22259-22520 2023-09-06 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $141,378
A-22259-22499 2023-09-06 certified Software Development Engineer, CA $141,378
A-22231-08585 2023-09-06 certified Software Development Engineer, WA $175,000

Who they sponsored, FY2016 to FY2023

From DOL's old form; the form in use since mid-2023 doesn't carry them. Top six of each.

Country of citizenship

  • India 827
  • China 139
  • Ukraine 85
  • Canada 36
  • Taiwan 20
  • South Korea 15

Worker's education

  • Master's 896
  • Bachelor's 315
  • Doctorate 29
  • None 17
  • Associate's 3
  • Other 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 1,005
  • L-1 185
  • F-1 34
  • TN 15
  • O-1 9
  • H-4 8

Schools

  • SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 56
  • CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 51
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 49
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 22
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS 21
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 19

Fields of study

  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 295
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 123
  • BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 119
  • SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 68
  • ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 42
  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 39

Notes on these numbers

What these numbers don't say

5 notes
The wage is the job, not the payer
Their filings are led by Software Developers, 323 of 745. The median offered wage moves almost entirely with what roles they file. A software developer and a poultry cutter are different numbers wherever they are filed, so this figure is not plotted against the field and no percentile is given for it: that comparison would rank occupation mix and call it pay. Wages by occupation are on the wages page.
Volume doesn’t change the wait
DOL works a single national queue, oldest first, whoever filed the case, so these 745 filings bought no priority: a company with four thousand waits exactly as long as one with three.
The name is a legal entity
DOL prints whatever went on the form, and here that name ranks 46. A group that files through several subsidiaries appears as several rows, and one that files everything through a parent appears once, so a rank is a rank among printed names rather than among companies.
A median over 736 decided cases
The queue is national and first in, first out, so this figure follows when the cases were filed as much as it follows the sponsor.
Two sources, and they do not add up
The filing counts come from DOL's disclosure files, where every row already carries a decision date, so nothing pending is in them. The queue figures come from a live per-case tracker with its own coverage and its own as-of date. Subtracting one from the other gives a number that means nothing. The worksite on most of these is CA. Where the queue stands overall is on the processing times page.

The window these figures cover: DOL's PERM disclosure files for fiscal years 2024 to 2026, through the third quarter of 2026, 373,939 decided cases. Nothing pending is counted here. How each figure is built

Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly

Employers and firms: Derived from the disclosure corpus · data through Aug 26, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly ingest

Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 17, 2026 · daily

What each source includes

Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.

Employers and firms: Employers, law firms and occupations ranked from decided cases only.

Per-case statuses: Every PERM case DOL indexes, pending included. No wage, law firm or worksite: DOL reveals those only when a case is published.

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