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PERM sponsor, #7,146 of 70,985 by filings
CH2M Hill, Inc.
CH2M Hill, Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 2 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on October 14, 2026. CH2M Hill, Inc. has 2 PERM cases waiting with DOL.
- Main job
- Water/Wastewater Engineers · 33% of its filings
- Main worksite
- Portland, OR · 33% of its filings
- Industry
- Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services · NAICS 5413
Waiting on a case with CH2M Hill, Inc.?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
Too few cases for a rate
6 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
#7,146 of 70,985
Certified
6
0 denied
Approval
Not shown
withheld: 6 decided
Median wage
$107,557
offered, per year
Median days
486
middle of 6 decided
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
2
of 9 tracked cases. The other 7 have been decided.
The oldest one still waiting was filed May 27, 2026, 4 months ago.
Where those 2 are standing
- ANALYST REVIEW
- 2100%
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 CH2M Hill, 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-100-26287-300790 Assistant Program Management Professional Associate filed 2026-10-14 · ANALYST REVIEW
- G-100-26147-950512 Group Leader / Design Manager filed 2026-05-27 · ANALYST REVIEW
- G-100-25202-189741 Electrical Engineering Professional Associate filed 2025-07-21 · 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
- 302 days
Every employer
median of 29,126 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 80,651 cases, and would be decided around March 15, 2027 (between February 23, 2027 and April 24, 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
- 2 pending
- 6 wages, under the floor
- Prevailing wage requests
- 7 published
- 0 pending
- 7 wages, under the floor
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 86 published
- 0 pending
- $102,419 median, n=85
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 CH2M Hill, Inc., newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-25273-345206 Group Leader / Design Manager $142,750 per year 2025-09-30 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-25269-339261 Assistant Program Management Professional Associate $124,946 per year 2025-09-26 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24198-201087 Electrical Engineering Professional Associate $110,855 per year 2024-07-16 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24198-201072 Electrical Engineering Professional Associate $119,642 per year 2024-07-16 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-23139-036652 I &C ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATE $120,536 per year 2023-05-18 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
H-1B LCAs
- I-200-26275-276070 WATER RESOURCES ENGINEER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATE 2026-10-02 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26118-846044 I and C Engineering Professional Associate $123,849.96 per year 2026-04-28 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26023-584576 Civil Engineering Professional Senior $171,550 per year 2026-01-23 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-25337-453854 RESIDENT ENGINEER $166,310 per year 2025-12-03 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-25224-236800 ASSISTANT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL / PROGRAM ENGINEER $91,483.80 per year 2025-08-12 · 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: 86 LCAs filed by CH2M Hill, Inc., 85 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.
New hires and transfers
19 positions for new employment, 1 moving here from another employer.
- New employment 7a 19 · 22%
- Change of employer 7e 1 · 1%
- Continuing 7b 32 · 38%
- Change in previous employment 7c 18 · 21%
- Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
- Amended petition 7f 15 · 18%
Shares of the 85 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 8 · 10%
- Level II 35 · 42%
- Level III 13 · 16%
- Level IV 27 · 33%
Shares of the 83 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; 2 of 85 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 April 28, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 76 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 86. 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
2 filed in the last 12 months
Higher than 54% of the 13,949 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.
H-1B LCAs certified in the last 24 months
11 certified in the last 24 months
Higher than 73% of the 27,903 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.
Approval rate
not shownunder 30 decided
Median days to decision
486 daysmiddle of 6 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
- 478 days
- This one
- 486 days
This one sits 8 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 7,146 of 70,985 by volume: 7,145 filed at least as many filings, and 63,839 filed no more.
- Just above
- HealthEquity, Inc. 6 filings
- Just below
- EDSA, Inc. 6 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 Water/Wastewater Engineers, the occupation this sponsor files for most.
- #353 AECOM Technical Services Inc 103 filings · 1 denied
- #375 Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 98 filings · 2 denied
- #783 Arcadis U.S., Inc. 50 filings · 1 denied
- #603 Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. 63 filings · none denied
- #834 HDR Engineering, Inc. 47 filings · none denied
- #1,915 Michael Baker International, Inc. 23 filings · 1 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
SOC 17-2051.02 · 2 filings, 33% of everything they file
- Architectural and Engineering Managers 11-9041.001
- Civil Engineers 17-2051.001
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072.001
How this is counted
These are the 4 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
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
NAICS 5413 · 3 filings
- Engineering Services 541332
- Nonresidential Building Construction 23621
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
- Oregon 2
- California 1
- Georgia 1
- New Jersey 1
- New York 1
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 5 states cover 6 of 6 filings.
Where the work is
- Portland, OR 2
- Atlanta, GA 1
- Los Angeles, CA 1
- Morristown, NJ 1
- New York, NY 1
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 5 cities cover 6 of 6 filings.
Who files for them
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, 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
- 2 cases
Portland Oregonian
- 1 cases
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 1 cases
Los Angeles Times
- 1 cases
The New York Times
- 1 cases
The Star-Ledger
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
- 6 cases
Job search websites
- 6 cases
Local or ethnic newspapers
- 4 cases
The employer's website
- 2 cases
Radio or TV ads
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
- 67%
90 to 119 days
- 17%
120 to 149 days
- 17%
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 2008
119 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 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2009 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2016 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
The 25 most recent of 47. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22070-23150 | 2022-12-27 | certified | Water Resource Engineering Professional Intermediate, FL | $93,600 |
| A-22018-99130 | 2022-12-09 | certified | Civil Engineer, MI | $96,658 |
| A-22033-06133 | 2022-12-07 | certified | Civil Designer Senior, TX | $112,834 |
| A-21349-87014 | 2022-10-12 | certified | Senior Geotechnical Engineer, CA | $143,910 |
| A-21309-68999 | 2022-08-29 | certified | Resident Engineer (BART), CO | $205,000 |
| A-21221-28942 | 2022-02-24 | certified | Project Engineer, CA | $105,000 |
| A-21147-92746 | 2021-11-19 | certified | Intermediate Bridge Engineer, CO | $95,000 |
| A-20226-88185 | 2021-07-07 | certified | Structural Engineer, OR | $85,000 |
The other 17
| A-20329-25044 | 2021-06-11 | certified | Geotechnical Engineer, OR | $79,872 |
| A-20125-50055 | 2020-11-23 | certified | Geotechnical Engineer, IL | $75,000 |
| A-20113-45837 | 2020-11-18 | certified | Transportation and Traffic Engineer, CA | $87,381 |
| A-20085-35010 | 2020-10-09 | certified | Civil Engineer, CO | $60,445 |
| A-20070-28872 | 2020-09-01 | certified | Electrical Engineer, WA | $106,000 |
| A-20070-28906 | 2020-08-31 | certified | Bridge Engineer, CO | $77,355 |
| A-19312-81009 | 2020-05-21 | certified | Structural Engineer, FL | $70,616 |
| A-19242-51640 | 2020-02-07 | certified | Civil Engineer, VA | $66,310 |
| A-19263-60721 | 2020-02-04 | certified | Mechanical Engineer, NY | $180,000 |
| A-19178-24574 | 2019-12-16 | certified | Project Management, Engineering, TX | $153,000 |
| A-19015-62536 | 2019-05-24 | certified | Geotechnical Engineer, WA | $84,240 |
| A-18222-06823 | 2019-02-13 | certified | Transportation Engineer, WA | $76,835 |
| A-18222-06771 | 2019-01-09 | certified | Transportation Engineer, WA | $76,835 |
| A-18152-81749 | 2018-09-17 | certified | Transportation/Traffic Engineer, VA | $60,611 |
| A-18136-76078 | 2018-08-30 | certified | Engineer, NY | $80,205 |
| A-18109-65369 | 2018-08-02 | certified | Engineer, NY | $87,963 |
| A-18086-56642 | 2018-08-01 | certified | Structural Engineer, WA | $64,418 |
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 15
- Canada 6
- China 5
- Iran 4
- Bangladesh 2
- Albania 1
Worker's education
- Master's 28
- Bachelor's 12
- Doctorate 7
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 39
- L-1 3
- F-1 1
- G-4 1
- O-1 1
- TN 1
Schools
- OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 4
- BERGISCHE UNIVERSITY 2
- FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 2
- RYERSON UNIVERSITY 2
- UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2
Fields of study
- CIVIL ENGINEERING 25
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 3
- ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2
- AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 1
- ARCHITECTURE 1
- AVIATION 1
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 #7,146 counts this page's cases only.
2 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 Water/Wastewater Engineers, 2 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 7,146. 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 6 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 OR. 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.