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PERM sponsor, #7,968 of 70,985 by filings
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- Main job
- Mechanical Engineers · 50% of its filings
- Main worksite
- Allentown, PA · 67% of its filings
- Industry
- Industrial Gas Manufacturing · NAICS 325120
Waiting on a case with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
Too few cases for a rate
5 decided filings: too few for an approval rate.
Why
Across every PERM case DOL decided in this window, 3.20% were denied. At that rate a file this size comes back clean most of the time whatever the sponsor did, so a percentage would be a fact about how few cases there are. Telling a clean record apart from the field takes about 117 decided cases.
Filings
6
#7,968 of 70,985
Certified
5
0 denied
Approval
Not shown
withheld: 5 decided
Median wage
$113,568
offered, per year
Median days
448
middle of 5 decided
Right now
DOL's live record of its cases, read every day, and what it has done to them as a group.
Nothing for this sponsor is waiting on a decision. All 6 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
Follow Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
An email when DOL moves its cases as a group: five or more on or off hold in a day, or a batch decided well above its usual pace.
What DOL has done to its cases as a group
Nothing employer-wide since this site's record began on August 27, 2026.
Its newest filings
Filed since DOL's last quarterly file, so the wage and law firm aren't published yet.
- G-100-24346-535585 Cyber Security Manager filed 2024-12-11 · CERTIFIED
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
- 301 days
Every employer
median of 32,343 decisions in the same 90 days
None of their cases were decided in the last 90 days, too few for a median of their own. 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 79,966 cases, and would be decided around March 23, 2027 (between March 3, 2027 and May 2, 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)
- 6 published
- 0 pending
- 6 wages, under the floor
- Prevailing wage requests
- 5 published
- 0 pending
- 5 wages, under the floor
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 116 published
- 0 pending
- $112,486 median, n=116
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, read under the 2 spellings DOL's files use for it; 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 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-26086-736582 Cyber Security Manager $142,896 per year 2026-03-27 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-23356-588678 Cyber Security Manager $118,082 per year 2023-12-22 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-23199-195823 Mechanical Design Engineer $90,979 per year 2023-07-18 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-23150-061933 Category Sourcing Specialist & Procurement Systems Data Lead $109,054 per year 2023-05-30 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-23121-978955 Engineering Product Manager – Hydrogen $132,579 per year 2023-05-01 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
H-1B LCAs
- I-200-26203-116228 Mechanical Design Engineer 2026-07-22 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26139-928978 IoT Application Development Sr Engineer $131,999.66 per year 2026-05-19 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26117-840084 Principal Research Engineer $127,462 per year 2026-04-27 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26117-839919 Senior Principal Engineer – Piping & Design $155,210 per year 2026-04-27 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26104-790744 Global Procurement Process Systems Lead $123,178 per year 2026-04-14 · CERTIFIED
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: 116 LCAs filed by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., 109 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.
New hires and transfers
29 positions for new employment, 21 moving here from another employer.
- New employment 7a 29 · 27%
- Change of employer 7e 21 · 19%
- Continuing 7b 40 · 37%
- Change in previous employment 7c 16 · 15%
- Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
- Amended petition 7f 3 · 3%
Shares of the 109 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 6 · 6%
- Level II 26 · 24%
- Level III 28 · 26%
- Level IV 49 · 45%
Shares of the 109 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; 0 of 109 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 May 19, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 107 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 116. 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
Against other sponsors
Where it sits among 70,985 sponsors. The full ranking sorts every column.
How it compares with other sponsors
Each figure ranked only among sponsors with enough cases for it to mean something. No single score: they measure different things.
H-1B LCAs certified in the last 24 months
22 certified in the last 24 months
Higher than 84% of the 27,833 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.
Share of H-1B positions that were transfers
0.0% of 25 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 4% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.
Share of H-1B LCAs at wage level III or IV
76% of 25 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 89% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.
USCIS H-1B approval rate, last 3 fiscal years
100.0% of 40 USCIS decisions
Higher than 80% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.
Approval rate
not shownunder 30 decided
Median days to decision
448 daysmiddle of 5 decided, too few to rank
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed 6 filings each.
- Their median wait
- 456 days
- This one
- 448 days
This one sits 8 days ahead of 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 7,968 of 70,985 by volume: 7,967 filed at least as many filings, and 63,017 filed no more.
- Just above
- GREEN IMPRESSIONS, LLC 6 filings
- Just below
- Backblaze, Inc. 6 filings
Sponsors filing at the same rate
Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.
- #7,967 GREEN IMPRESSIONS, LLC 6 filings · none denied
- #7,969 Backblaze, Inc. 6 filings · none denied
- #7,966 Cambium Assessment, Inc. 6 filings · none denied
- #7,970 BVM Technology Associates Inc 6 filings · none denied
- #7,965 SAMORUKOVA & SHABETAYEV, P.A. 6 filings · none denied
- #7,971 Asian Business Group, Inc. 6 filings · none denied
Sponsors hiring for the same work
The employers filing the most PERM cases for Mechanical Engineers, 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
SOC 17-2141.00 · 3 filings, 50% of everything they file
- Chemical Engineers 17-2041.001
- Sales Engineers 41-90311
How this is counted
These are the 3 occupations with the most filings, 5 of 6 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
Industrial Gas Manufacturing
NAICS 325120 · 6 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
- Pennsylvania 6
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. This state covers 6 of 6 filings.
Where the work is
- Allentown, PA 4
- Bethlehem, PA 2
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 2 cities cover 6 of 6 filings.
Who files for them
- Klasko Immigration Law Partners, LLP 6 filings
How this is counted
The law firm named on the application. 6 of 6 filings, 100% of the total.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 5 cases
The Morning Call
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
- 5 cases
The employer's website
- 5 cases
Job search websites
- 5 cases
Local or ethnic newspapers
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
- 0.0%
Under 30 days
- 0.0%
30 to 59 days
- 0.0%
60 to 89 days
- 20%
90 to 119 days
- 60%
120 to 149 days
- 20%
150 to 180 days
- 0.0%
Over 180 days
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.
History
Year by year since 2011
36 PERM decisions from FY2011 to FY2025, busiest in FY2014 with 6.
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years, October to September. A year filed under another name is missing, not zero. FY2025 is partial: DOL's newest file runs through June 2026.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
All 21. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22241-13563 | 2023-07-28 | certified | Senior Principal Control Systems Engineer, PA | $123,843 |
| A-22098-38280 | 2023-01-31 | certified | Hydrogen Refueling Systems (HRS) Product Engineer, PA | $123,843 |
| A-22019-99880 | 2023-01-04 | denied | Principal Advanced Analytics Lead, PA | $135,000 |
| A-22045-11038 | 2022-12-02 | certified | Senior Process Control Engineer, TX | $81,266 |
| A-22027-03475 | 2022-12-01 | certified | Analytics Technical Lead, PA | $113,235 |
| A-21238-36352 | 2022-05-11 | certified | Senior Principal Process Systems Engineer, PA | $110,344 |
| A-21225-31476 | 2022-03-25 | certified | Procurement Improvement Manager, PA | $99,360 |
| A-21177-08128 | 2021-12-23 | certified | Aftermarket Aerodynamic Engineer, TX | $88,546 |
The other 13
| A-20337-27567 | 2021-08-18 | certified | Design Engineer, PA | $84,760 |
| A-19170-20610 | 2019-10-22 | certified | SAP Basis Administrator, PA | $96,949 |
| A-19152-12636 | 2019-10-02 | certified | Sr. Applications Security Analyst, PA | $112,507 |
| A-18346-51376 | 2019-05-17 | certified | Analytics Technical Lead, PA | $108,160 |
| A-19018-63927 | 2019-05-14 | certified | Lead Auditor, PA | $117,600 |
| A-17249-83828 | 2018-03-19 | certified | Solutions Engineer, PA | $80,226 |
| A-17250-84216 | 2018-02-14 | certified | Solutions Engineer, PA | $80,226 |
| A-17233-77974 | 2018-02-07 | certified | Solutions Engineer, PA | $80,226 |
| A-17229-76870 | 2017-09-07 | withdrawn | Solutions Engineer, PA | $80,226 |
| A-17235-79150 | 2017-09-06 | withdrawn | Solutions Engineer, PA | $80,226 |
| A-17103-24587 | 2017-06-07 | certified | SAP Solutions Architect, PA | $112,674 |
| A-15189-96010 | 2016-01-05 | certified | Senior Process Engineer, PA | $104,062 |
| A-14218-95941 | 2015-10-28 | certified | Global Performance Materials Business Decision Support Analyst, PA | $98,987 |
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 17
- China 2
- Canada 1
- Taiwan 1
Worker's education
- Master's 10
- Bachelor's 9
- Doctorate 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 20
- TN 1
Schools
- ANDHRA UNIVERSITY 2
- ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2
- WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 2
- BARUCH COLLEGE 1
- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES 1
- DUKE UNIVERSITY 1
Fields of study
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 3
- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2
- ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 2
- INFORMATION SCIENCE 2
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 2
- ACCOUNTING 1
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 Mechanical Engineers, 3 of 6. 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 6 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 7,968. 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 5 decided cases
- That’s a middle of a handful, and it moves entirely with which months those few cases were filed in.
- 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 PA. 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 DOL's disclosure files · data through Jun 30, 2026 · rebuilt with each quarterly load
Per-case statuses: flag.dol.gov/recaptcha/caseStatus (DOL, direct) · data through Oct 25, 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.