Updated
PERM sponsor, #1,238 of 70,985 by filings
Altair ProductDesign, Inc.
Altair ProductDesign, Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 3 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on December 14, 2025.
- Main job
- Automotive Engineers · 24% of its filings
- Main worksite
- Troy, MI · 97% of its filings
- Industry
- Engineering Services · NAICS 54133
Waiting on a case with Altair ProductDesign, Inc.?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
This rate is level with the field
Over 33 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.
Why
The 95% interval runs up to a 10.4% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.
Filings
33
#1,238 of 70,985
Certified
33
0 denied
Approval
100.0%
field 96.8%
Median wage
$104,000
offered, per year
Median days
449
17 faster 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.
Nothing for this sponsor is waiting on a decision. All 23 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
Follow Altair ProductDesign, 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-100-25348-481106 Engineer filed 2025-12-14 · CERTIFIED
- G-100-25321-412550 HILS Control System Engineer filed 2025-11-17 · CERTIFIED
- G-100-25305-356438 Powertrain Controls Engineer filed 2025-10-31 · 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 32,341 decisions in the same 90 days
Only 3 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 79,663 cases, and would be decided around March 21, 2027 (between March 1, 2027 and April 30, 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)
- 33 published
- 0 pending
- $104,000 median, n=33
- Prevailing wage requests
- 28 published
- 0 pending
- $87,589 median, n=28
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 602 published
- 0 pending
- $83,491 median, n=602
Its median H-1B wage is $83,491 across 602 LCAs, 19.7% lower than its median PERM wage of $104,000 across 33 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.
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 3 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 Altair ProductDesign, Inc., newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-25193-170923 Analyst Crash & Safety $93,642 per year 2025-07-12 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-25083-798378 Manufacturing Engineer $92,144 per year 2025-03-24 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-25068-760233 Engineer $93,642 per year 2025-03-09 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-25051-711450 HILS Control System Engineer $87,589 per year 2025-02-20 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-25017-624933 Software Engineer $97,032 per year 2025-01-16 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
H-1B LCAs
- I-200-26054-658560 Strength Engineer $54.51 per hour 2026-02-23 · WITHDRAWN
- I-200-26040-629033 Engineer Lv2 $39.93 per hour 2026-02-09 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26040-627943 Test Engineer Controls $38.56 per hour 2026-02-09 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26037-624737 Product Engineer Chassis $45.02 per hour 2026-02-06 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26034-616893 IT Systems Engineer $58.16 per hour 2026-02-03 · 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: 602 LCAs filed by Altair ProductDesign, Inc., 526 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.
New hires and transfers
107 positions for new employment, 140 moving here from another employer.
- New employment 7a 107 · 20%
- Change of employer 7e 140 · 27%
- Continuing 7b 164 · 31%
- Change in previous employment 7c 46 · 9%
- Concurrent employment 7d 2 · 1%
- Amended petition 7f 68 · 13%
Shares of the 526 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 104 · 20%
- Level II 293 · 56%
- Level III 121 · 23%
- Level IV 8 · 2%
Shares of the 526 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 526 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
- Yes
- Found a willful violator
- No
As answered on its newest LCA, filed February 23, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 528 of 530 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 599. 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 599 · H-1B1 (Chile) 3. 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.
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.
PERM approval rate
100.0% of 33 decided PERM cases
Higher than 67% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.
PERM filings in the last 12 months
3 filed in the last 12 months
Higher than 68% of the 14,055 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.
H-1B LCAs certified in the last 24 months
60 certified in the last 24 months
Higher than 94% of the 27,849 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.
Share of H-1B positions that were transfers
41% of 68 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 92% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.
Share of H-1B LCAs at wage level III or IV
31% of 68 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 49% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.
USCIS H-1B approval rate, last 3 fiscal years
98.1% of 107 USCIS decisions
Higher than 44% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.
Also on its record
- Its newest LCA that answered declared it H-1B dependent (decided 2026-03-06).
Approval rate
100.0%ahead of 34%, level with 891 more
Median days to decision
449 daysahead of 68%
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 32 and 35 filings.
- Their median wait
- 464 days
- This one
- 449 days
This one sits 15 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 1,238 of 70,985 by volume: 1,237 filed at least as many filings, and 69,747 filed no more.
- Just above
- RiVos Inc. 33 filings
- Just below
- FEV North America, Inc. 33 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 Automotive 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 17-2141.02 · 8 filings, 24% of everything they file
- Mechanical Engineers 17-2141.008
- Mechanical Engineers 17-21414
- Data Scientists 15-2051.002
- Industrial Engineers 17-21122
- Manufacturing Engineers 17-2112.032
How this is counted
These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 26 of 33 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
Engineering Services
NAICS 54133, 541330 · 28 filings
- Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services 54135
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
- Michigan 33
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 33 of 33 filings.
Where the work is
- Troy, MI 32
- Dearborn, MI 1
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 2 cities cover 33 of 33 filings.
Who files for them
- Law Office of Leila Freijy PLLC 33 filings · 100.0% approved
How this is counted
The law firm named on the application. 33 of 33 filings, 100% of the total.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 20 cases
Detroit Free Press
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
- 20 cases
Employee referral programs
- 20 cases
The employer's website
- 20 cases
Job search websites
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
- 75%
60 to 89 days
- 20%
90 to 119 days
- 5.0%
120 to 149 days
- 0.0%
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 2010
385 PERM decisions from FY2010 to FY2026, busiest in FY2016 with 61.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 56 | 5 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 55 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
The 25 most recent of 286. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22291-41598 | 2023-09-06 | certified | Prototype CAD Engineer, MI | $84,032 |
| A-22287-39729 | 2023-08-31 | certified | Manufacturing Engineer-General, MI | $93,600 |
| A-22151-63796 | 2023-07-12 | certified | CAE Engineer General, MI | $104,145 |
| A-22227-06147 | 2023-05-19 | certified | Thermal Aerodynamic Systems (TASE) Engineer, MI | $98,259 |
| A-22206-94135 | 2023-05-01 | certified | Prototype Engineer, MI | $100,048 |
| A-22096-36537 | 2023-02-09 | certified | Systems Engineer Controls, MI | $90,480 |
| A-22102-39349 | 2023-02-09 | certified | IT Systems Engineer, MI | $135,200 |
| A-22076-26783 | 2022-12-02 | certified | CFD Engineer, MI | $85,280 |
The other 17
| A-22066-20052 | 2022-12-02 | certified | CAE Analyst - Mesh/Model Build, MI | $98,259 |
| A-22074-25920 | 2022-12-02 | certified | User Experience (UX) Designer, MI | $103,564 |
| A-22075-26161 | 2022-12-02 | certified | Operations Research Analyst, MI | $79,040 |
| A-22066-20030 | 2022-12-01 | certified | EMS Project Coordinator-PSP, MI | $84,032 |
| A-22063-19327 | 2022-12-01 | certified | Engineer, MI | $100,048 |
| A-22021-01292 | 2022-10-06 | certified | Industrial Engineer, MI | $98,322 |
| A-22035-07709 | 2022-10-03 | certified | CAE Engineer Multi Body Dynamics, MI | $98,259 |
| A-22035-07673 | 2022-10-03 | certified | Applications Engineer General, MI | $84,032 |
| A-21322-75238 | 2022-06-06 | certified | Cockpit Module/Instrument Panel Project Engineer, MI | $84,032 |
| A-21322-75400 | 2022-06-06 | certified | Electronics Module Design and Release Engineer, MI | $98,030 |
| A-21284-56958 | 2022-04-14 | certified | Safety CAE Engineer, MI | $97,261 |
| A-21273-52321 | 2022-04-04 | certified | CAE Engineer - NVH, MI | $82,555 |
| A-21197-18267 | 2022-01-28 | certified | Product Planner, CA | $72,800 |
| A-21190-14820 | 2022-01-04 | certified | Systems Engineer Controls, MI | $79,248 |
| A-21166-01703 | 2021-12-01 | certified | CW CAE Engineer, MI | $97,490 |
| A-21165-01019 | 2021-12-01 | certified | Product Engineer, MI | $97,261 |
| A-21117-79223 | 2021-08-30 | certified | Product Engineer Powertrain, MI | $97,760 |
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 227
- China 24
- Iran 10
- Bangladesh 4
- Canada 4
- Pakistan 4
Worker's education
- Master's 227
- Bachelor's 42
- Doctorate 13
- None 2
- Other 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 268
- F-1 14
- TN 2
- H-1A 1
- L-2 1
Schools
- WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 24
- CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 20
- UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 11
- BRADLEY UNIVERSITY 9
- LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 8
- KETTERING UNIVERSITY 7
Fields of study
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 136
- AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING 29
- AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 16
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 10
- INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 8
- AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 6
Notes on these numbers
What this rank counts, and what it doesn't
DOL prints the name that went on the form, so one sponsor can appear under several. The 2 entries below start the same way and were not merged, because the difference between them is more than a mistyped letter. Some may be the same sponsor; some are a different one. Rank #1,238 counts this page's cases only.
35 filings sit on those pages rather than this one. The methodology has the rule that decides which spellings merge.
What these numbers don't say
5 notes
- The wage is the job, not the payer
- Their filings are led by Automotive Engineers, 8 of 33. 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 33 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 1,238. 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 33 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 MI. 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 24, 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.