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PERM sponsor, #204 of 70,985 by filings

Caterpillar Inc.

Caterpillar Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 87 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on October 9, 2026. Caterpillar Inc. has 52 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Software Developers · 37% of its filings
Main worksite
Chillicothe, IL · 41% of its filings
Industry
Construction Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333120

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Filings

186

#204 of 70,985

Certified

184

0 denied

Approval

100.0%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$131,747

offered, per year

Median days

475

9 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 316 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

52

of 316 tracked cases. The other 264 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed November 13, 2024, 23 months ago.

Where those 52 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
3363%

A Department of Labor analyst has the application. This is the main queue, and it is where most pending PERM cases sit.

RECONSIDERATION APPEALS
1835%

The employer has asked the same officer who denied the case to look at it again, within 30 days of the denial. The request can only use documents DOL already had, so new evidence can't be added to fix what the denial was based on.

RFI ISSUED
12%

DOL has asked the employer for more documentation. The deadline is the one printed on the RFI letter, because DOL doesn't publish a standard response window for these.

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 316 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 316, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 19, 2026

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What DOL has done to its cases as a group

  1. September 3 DOL denied 10 of its cases

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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. Caterpillar Inc.

    median of 55 decisions in the last 90 days

    293 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 29,263 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 80,773 cases, and would be decided around March 16, 2027 (between February 24, 2027 and April 25, 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)
186 published
52 pending
$131,747 median, n=186
Prevailing wage requests
283 published
33 pending
$122,325 median, n=282
H-1B labor condition applications
1,931 published
16 pending
$108,638 median, n=1,924

Its median H-1B wage is $108,638 across 1,924 LCAs, 17.5% lower than its median PERM wage of $131,747 across 186 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 52 pending PERM cases, 19 (37%) sit outside DOL's normal queue: 1 at RFI, 18 under appeal. 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, 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 Caterpillar 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: 1,931 LCAs filed by Caterpillar Inc., 1,837 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

263 positions for new employment, 546 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 263 · 14%
  • Change of employer 7e 546 · 29%
  • Continuing 7b 522 · 28%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 239 · 13%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 1 · 1%
  • Amended petition 7f 293 · 16%

Shares of the 1,855 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 37 · 2%
  • Level II 842 · 47%
  • Level III 490 · 27%
  • Level IV 422 · 24%

Shares of the 1,791 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; 46 of 1,837 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 23, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 1,812 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 1,910. 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 1,910 · E-3 (Australia) 21. 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

    100.0% of 184 decided PERM cases

    Higher than 67% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    87 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 99% of the 13,965 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    601 certified in the last 24 months

    At the top of the 27,903 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    14% of 707 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 50% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    59% of 668 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 74% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    98.2% of 740 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 46% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.

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

Approval rate

100.0%ahead of 34%, level with 891 more

0% 100%

Median days to decision

475 daysahead of 36%

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 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 144 and 262 filings.

Their median wait
463 days
This one
475 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 204 of 70,985 by volume: 203 filed at least as many filings, and 70,781 filed no more.

Just above
Gateway Care Center, LLC 189 filings
Just below
Deere & Company 186 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 · 68 filings, 37% of everything they file · 100.0% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 130 of 186 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

Construction Machinery Manufacturing

NAICS 333120, 33312 · 186 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

  • Illinois 156
  • Texas 13
  • Arizona 3
  • California 3
  • Colorado 2
  • Florida 2
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 179 of 186 filings.

Where the work is

  • Chillicothe, IL 77
  • Peoria, IL 34
  • Chicago, IL 26
  • Irving, TX 9
  • Mossville, IL 8
  • San Francisco, CA 3
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 157 of 186 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 181 filings · 100.0% approved
  2. Baker McKenzie LLP 5 filings
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 186 of 186 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. Peoria Journal Star

    106 cases

  2. Chicago Tribune

    26 cases

  3. Journal Star

    15 cases

  4. The Dallas Morning News

    6 cases

  5. Arizona Daily Star

    3 cases

  6. San Francisco Chronicle

    3 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. The employer's website

    177 cases

  2. Job search websites

    171 cases

  3. Campus placement offices

    161 cases

  4. On-campus recruiting

    22 cases

  5. Local or ethnic newspapers

    11 cases

  6. Trade or professional organizations

    4 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

    1.7%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    2.2%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    3.9%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    91%

  7. Over 180 days

    1.1%
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 2008

750 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2026 with 92.

  • 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 73 0 0
FY2009 4 0 1
FY2010 3 0 0
FY2011 67 2 2
FY2012 69 3 0
FY2013 6 0 0
FY2014 57 0 1
FY2015 30 0 0
FY2016 68 1 2
FY2017 11 1 0
FY2018 30 0 0
FY2019 42 0 0
FY2020 17 0 0
FY2021 40 2 1
FY2022 4 0 1
FY2023 17 2 7
FY2024 16 0 1
FY2025 77 0 0
FY2026 91 0 1

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 246. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22308-52251 2023-09-26 certified Senior Software Engineer, IL $108,288
A-22308-51911 2023-09-26 certified Senior Software Engineer, IL $108,288
A-20044-18871 2023-09-11 denied Digital Technical Specialist - Front End Solutions, IL $105,331
A-22234-09979 2023-06-09 certified Embedded Software Engineer, IL $92,000
A-22205-93696 2023-06-06 certified Embedded Software Engineer, IL $116,000
A-22179-80047 2023-05-30 certified Senior Engineer Electric Drive Software Verification, IL $98,220
A-22231-09066 2023-05-26 certified Software Engineer, IL $84,996
A-22216-00663 2023-05-25 certified Lead Software Engineer, IL $126,728
The other 17
A-22231-08960 2023-05-22 certified Controls Systems Senior Engineer, IL $98,220
A-22231-08887 2023-05-22 certified Senior Engineer - Design, IL $116,360
A-22249-16895 2023-05-12 withdrawn Engineering Project Team Leader, AZ $109,728
A-22356-78033 2023-05-12 withdrawn Sr Engineer-Hystat Controls & Software, IL $109,728
A-23083-18198 2023-05-12 withdrawn Lead Digital Tech Support Engineer, IL $122,580
A-22357-78622 2023-05-12 withdrawn Data Specialist, IL $116,000
A-22354-76502 2023-05-12 withdrawn Digital Technical Support Analyst, IL $97,926
A-22356-78026 2023-05-12 withdrawn Software Engineering Manager, CO $205,000
A-22196-89193 2023-05-08 certified Senior Engineer-Electric Drive Software Verification, IL $98,220
A-22090-33872 2023-05-08 denied Lead Software Engineer, IL $125,450
A-22210-97377 2023-04-24 certified Digital Architect, IL $111,924
A-22180-81023 2023-04-19 certified Automation Specialist Engineer, IL $111,924
A-22123-49832 2023-01-18 certified Automation Senior Engineer, IL $96,288
A-22365-81148 2023-01-05 withdrawn Elec Sys V & V Sr Engineer, IL $96,288
A-22100-38546 2022-12-30 certified Autonomy Researcher, IL $109,728
A-22056-16482 2022-12-30 certified Software Engineer, IL $116,000
A-22098-38057 2022-12-23 certified Senior Software Engineer, IL $116,000

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 195
  • Canada 17
  • China 11
  • Mexico 8
  • Nepal 3
  • United States Of America 2

Worker's education

  • Master's 171
  • Bachelor's 61
  • Doctorate 12
  • None 2

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 229
  • TN 9
  • F-1 3
  • PAROLEE 2
  • NOT IN USA 1

Schools

  • BRADLEY UNIVERSITY 32
  • WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY 10
  • JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 8
  • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 6
  • OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY 5
  • UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON 5

Fields of study

  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 55
  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 51
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 16
  • INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 12
  • ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 6
  • ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 5

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 entry 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 #204 counts this page's cases only.

1 filing 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 Software Developers, 68 of 186. 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 186 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 204. 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 184 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 IL. 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 19, 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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