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PERM sponsor, #2,697 of 70,985 by filings
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY sponsors green cards: it filed 6 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on July 4, 2026. CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY has 6 PERM cases waiting with DOL.
- Main job
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary · 24% of its filings
- Main worksite
- San Luis Obispo, CA · 100% of its filings
- Industry
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · NAICS 611310
Waiting on a case with CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
Too few cases for a rate
14 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
17
#2,697 of 70,985
Certified
14
0 denied
Approval
Not shown
withheld: 14 decided
Median wage
$111,360
offered, per year
Median days
469
3 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.
Waiting on a decision
6
of 31 tracked cases. The other 25 have been decided.
The oldest one still waiting was filed April 6, 2026, 6 months ago.
Where those 6 are standing
- ANALYST REVIEW
- 6100%
A Department of Labor analyst has the application. This is the main queue, and it is where most pending PERM cases sit.
None of this changes one case's wait: DOL works one national line. Where DOL is working now is the figure that does.
Follow CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY
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-300-26185-078821 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] filed 2026-07-04 · ANALYST REVIEW
- G-300-26182-070138 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] filed 2026-07-01 · ANALYST REVIEW
- G-300-26182-070098 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] filed 2026-07-01 · ANALYST REVIEW
- G-300-26178-056692 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] filed 2026-06-27 · ANALYST REVIEW
- G-300-26151-965667 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] filed 2026-05-31 · ANALYST REVIEW
- G-300-26096-758079 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] filed 2026-04-06 · ANALYST REVIEW
- G-300-25274-351909 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] filed 2025-10-01 · CERTIFIED
- G-300-25267-330372 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] filed 2025-09-24 · CERTIFIED
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
- 301 days
Every employer
median of 32,341 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 79,928 cases, and would be decided around March 24, 2027 (between March 4, 2027 and May 3, 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)
- 17 published
- 6 pending
- $111,360 median, n=17
- Prevailing wage requests
- 37 published
- 6 pending
- $111,312 median, n=37
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 1 published
- 0 pending
- 1 wage, under the floor
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 CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-26293-312183 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] 2026-10-20 · IN PROCESS
- P-100-26273-269112 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] 2026-09-30 · IN PROCESS
- P-100-26267-257151 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] 2026-09-24 · IN PROCESS
- P-100-26243-203488 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] 2026-08-31 · IN PROCESS
- P-100-26212-137241 Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY] 2026-07-31 · IN PROCESS
H-1B LCAs
- I-200-19226-283228 LECTURER $45.71 per hour 2019-08-14 · CERTIFIED - WITHDRAWN
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.
Likely cap-exempt, by inference. 100% of its coded PERM filings name NAICS 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools), and colleges hire H-1B workers outside the lottery (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5)(A)). Whether this employer qualifies is USCIS's call.
What its H-1B LCAs were for
From DOL's quarterly LCA files: 1 LCA filed by CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY.
What it declared on Section H
- H-1B-dependent
- No
- Found a willful violator
- No
As answered on its newest LCA, filed August 14, 2019. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 1 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 1. 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.
PERM filings in the last 12 months
6 filed in the last 12 months
Higher than 83% of the 14,057 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.
USCIS H-1B approval rate, last 3 fiscal years
98.1% of 104 USCIS decisions
Higher than 43% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.
Approval rate
not shownunder 30 decided
Median days to decision
469 daysmiddle of 14 decided, too few to rank
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed 17 filings each.
- Their median wait
- 472 days
- This one
- 469 days
This one sits 3 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 2,697 of 70,985 by volume: 2,696 filed at least as many filings, and 68,288 filed no more.
- Just above
- Green Dot Corporation 17 filings
- Just below
- Dow Jones and Company 17 filings
Sponsors filing at the same rate
Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.
- #2,696 Green Dot Corporation 17 filings · none denied
- #2,698 Dow Jones and Company 17 filings · none denied
- #2,695 FLEXPORT, INC. 17 filings · none denied
- #2,699 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC 17 filings · none denied
- #2,694 Mattel HQ, Inc. 17 filings · none denied
- #2,700 Cvent, Inc. 17 filings · none denied
Sponsors hiring for the same work
The employers filing the most PERM cases for Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary, the occupation this sponsor files for most.
- #299 Univ of WI System 124 filings · 2 denied
- #391 The Pennsylvania State University 93 filings · 1 denied
- #336 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 109 filings · 2 denied
- #2,164 Michigan Technological University 21 filings · none denied
- #2,813 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 16 filings · none denied
- #415 University of Washington 89 filings · none denied
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
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1032.00 · 4 filings, 24% of everything they file
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1011.003
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1021.003
- N/A 25-10312
- Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1041.001
- Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1031.001
How this is counted
These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 14 of 17 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
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
NAICS 611310 · 17 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 17
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 17 of 17 filings.
Where the work is
- San Luis Obispo, CA 17
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. This city covers 17 of 17 filings.
History
Year by year since 2008
82 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2016 with 12.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2010 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2016 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
The 25 most recent of 42. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22217-01217 | 2023-05-11 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $130,008 |
| A-22125-51148 | 2023-03-14 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $124,800 |
| A-21229-32550 | 2022-02-25 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr. Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $78,204 |
| A-21148-93567 | 2022-02-24 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $77,004 |
| A-21159-97887 | 2022-01-12 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $92,000 |
| A-20147-58678 | 2021-01-12 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $82,800 |
| A-19211-37514 | 2019-11-25 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $98,328 |
| A-19112-96043 | 2019-10-17 | certified | Associate Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assoc Prof AY], CA | $87,984 |
The other 17
| A-19178-24178 | 2019-09-05 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $98,328 |
| A-19144-09931 | 2019-06-28 | withdrawn | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $98,328 |
| A-19100-91048 | 2019-06-28 | certified | Assistant Professor, BioResource & Agricultural Engineering, CA | $86,940 |
| A-19042-72129 | 2019-05-31 | certified | Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, CA | $95,220 |
| A-19053-75862 | 2019-05-30 | certified | Assistant Professor, Construction Engineering, CA | $92,004 |
| A-19025-66290 | 2019-05-21 | certified | Assistant Professor, Department of Graphic Communication, CA | $75,564 |
| A-18254-17173 | 2019-02-04 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $99,000 |
| A-18212-03045 | 2018-10-17 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $76,080 |
| A-18040-41948 | 2018-07-11 | certified | Assistant Professor of Soil/Health Fertility, CA | $73,008 |
| A-17345-20001 | 2018-06-12 | certified | Assistant Professor, Animal Science Department, CA | $72,060 |
| A-18023-34253 | 2018-06-04 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $98,004 |
| A-17213-70568 | 2018-03-06 | certified | Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies, CA | $72,336 |
| A-17104-25044 | 2017-10-25 | certified | User Experience and Web Designer, CA | $79,000 |
| A-17121-32323 | 2017-10-03 | certified | Assistant Professor [Instr.Faculty/Assis Prof AY], CA | $87,060 |
| A-17143-41793 | 2017-08-10 | certified | Assistant Professor, History Dpeartment, CA | $69,624 |
| A-17121-32170 | 2017-07-13 | certified | Assistant Professor, Agribusiness, CA | $74,004 |
| A-17096-21928 | 2017-06-09 | certified | Assistant Professor, Journalism Department, CA | $69,624 |
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
- Canada 9
- China 7
- Germany 3
- India 3
- Australia 2
- Belgium 2
Worker's education
- Doctorate 40
- Master's 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 36
- F-1 5
- J-1 1
Schools
- CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY 2
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 2
- UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE 2
- WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY 2
- ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI 1
Fields of study
- FOOD SCIENCE 4
- AERONAUTICS 2
- AGRONOMY 2
- ANIMAL SCIENCE 2
- MANAGEMENT 2
- AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 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 Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary, 4 of 17. 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 17 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 2,697. 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 14 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 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.