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PERM sponsor, #496 of 70,985 by filings

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 39 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on September 28, 2026. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. has 20 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Financial Quantitative Analysts · 44% of its filings
Main worksite
New York, NY · 93% of its filings
Industry
Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation · NAICS 52315

Waiting on a case with Citigroup Global Markets Inc.?

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This rate is level with the field

Over 68 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.

Why

The 95% interval runs up to a 7.9% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.

Filings

75

#496 of 70,985

Certified

67

1 denied

Approval

98.5%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$200,000

offered, per year

Median days

457

9 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.

In the queue right now 126 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

20

of 126 tracked cases. The other 106 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed January 21, 2026, 9 months ago.

Where those 20 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
20100%

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.

From DOL's live status of 126 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 126, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 24, 2026

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What DOL has done to its cases as a group

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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.

Layoff notices filed by Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Notices of a mass layoff or closing filed with the state under the WARN Act, as the state printed them, matched to this sponsor by name. What a layoff means for a PERM.

  • January 14, 2026, layoff, permanent, 58 employees, New York, effective April 14, 2026. New York WARN report 388 Greenwich Street, New York, NY, 10013

How long it takes

How long their cases are taking

  1. Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

    median of 20 decisions in the last 90 days

    301 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 32,341 decisions in the same 90 days

    301 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 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)
75 published
20 pending
$200,000 median, n=74
Prevailing wage requests
211 published
14 pending
$112,715 median, n=207
H-1B labor condition applications
1,105 published
0 pending
$160,000 median, n=1,103

Its median H-1B wage is $160,000 across 1,103 LCAs, 20.0% lower than its median PERM wage of $200,000 across 74 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; 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 Citigroup Global Markets 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: 1,105 LCAs filed by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 1,083 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

646 positions for new employment, 113 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 646 · 54%
  • Change of employer 7e 113 · 9%
  • Continuing 7b 280 · 23%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 97 · 8%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
  • Amended petition 7f 64 · 5%

Shares of the 1,198 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 221 · 21%
  • Level II 410 · 38%
  • Level III 146 · 14%
  • Level IV 292 · 27%

Shares of the 1,069 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; 14 of 1,083 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 22, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 951 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 1,045. 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 1,042 · E-3 (Australia) 49 · H-1B1 (Chile) 2 · H-1B1 (Singapore) 12. 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

    98.5% of 68 decided PERM cases

    Higher than 23% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    39 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 98% of the 14,055 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    273 certified in the last 24 months

    Higher than 99% of the 27,849 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    8.1% of 310 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 30% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    35% of 310 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 52% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    99.7% of 349 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 60% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.

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

Approval rate

98.5%ahead of 23%

0% 100%

Median days to decision

457 daysahead of 59%

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 67 and 83 filings.

Their median wait
459 days
This one
457 days

This one sits 2 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 496 of 70,985 by volume: 495 filed at least as many filings, and 70,489 filed no more.

Just above
Vital Foods, LLC 76 filings
Just below
Merrifield Garden Center 75 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 Financial Quantitative Analysts, 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

Financial Quantitative Analysts

SOC 13-2099.01 · 33 filings, 44% of everything they file · 100.0% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 69 of 75 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

Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation

NAICS 52315, 523150 · 44 filings

  • Investment Banking and Securities Dealing 523110, 5231128
  • Commercial Banking 5221103
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

  • New York 71
  • Florida 2
  • California 1
  • Texas 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 4 states cover 75 of 75 filings.

Where the work is

  • New York, NY 70
  • Tampa, FL 2
  • Getzville, NY 1
  • Houston, TX 1
  • Los Angeles, CA 1
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 5 cities cover 75 of 75 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Gibney, Anthony & Flaherty LLP 44 filings · 97.4% approved
  2. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 31 filings
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 75 of 75 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The New York Times

    58 cases

  2. Tampa Bay Times

    2 cases

  3. Houston Chronicle

    1 cases

  4. Los Angeles Times

    1 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

    62 cases

  2. Job search websites

    62 cases

  3. Local or ethnic newspapers

    45 cases

  4. Employee referral programs

    19 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

    1.6%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    1.6%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    9.7%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    85%

  7. Over 180 days

    1.6%
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

356 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2016 with 41.

  • 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 5 0 1
FY2009 1 0 0
FY2010 4 0 0
FY2011 9 0 0
FY2012 14 0 0
FY2013 11 0 0
FY2014 26 0 3
FY2015 21 0 2
FY2016 40 0 1
FY2017 13 0 0
FY2018 28 0 0
FY2019 19 0 0
FY2020 18 0 1
FY2021 29 0 0
FY2022 20 0 1
FY2023 12 0 2
FY2024 12 0 3
FY2025 27 0 3
FY2026 28 1 1

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 184. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22243-15098 2023-08-29 certified Quantitative Analyst, NY $175,000
A-22235-10238 2023-08-29 certified Quantitative Analyst, NY $200,000
A-22278-33678 2023-07-25 withdrawn Trader, NY $200,000
A-22249-17360 2023-07-25 certified VP Banker, NY $250,000
A-22200-91051 2023-06-15 certified Operational Risk Senior Officer, FL $166,168
A-22161-69812 2023-04-03 certified Project Management Lead, NY $225,000
A-22123-49677 2023-02-14 certified Structurer, NY $175,000
A-22096-36595 2023-01-24 certified Project Management Lead, NY $175,000
The other 17
A-21361-90947 2023-01-20 certified Director, Corporate Salesperson, NY $300,000
A-22283-36552 2023-01-11 withdrawn Quantitative Analyst, NY $200,000
A-22045-11040 2022-12-08 certified VP Trader, NY $175,000
A-22035-07783 2022-11-02 certified Client Manager, NY $173,000
A-22020-00326 2022-10-31 certified Data/Information Management Analyst, NY $138,000
A-21165-00941 2022-10-13 certified Banker, Director, NY $300,000
A-21347-85594 2022-09-23 certified Product Manager, NY $150,000
A-21340-82203 2022-09-14 withdrawn Research Strategist, NY $175,000
A-21334-78983 2022-08-22 certified Quantitative Analyst, NY $200,000
A-21306-67095 2022-08-17 certified Investment Banking Vice President, NY $225,000
A-21294-61511 2022-08-04 certified Trader, NY $225,000
A-21295-62075 2022-07-19 certified Investment Banking VP, NY $225,000
A-21298-63135 2022-05-27 certified Vice President, Salesperson, NY $175,000
A-21307-67861 2022-05-27 certified Senior Business Associate, Vice President, NY $120,000
A-21242-37870 2022-05-12 certified Product Specialist, FL $122,850
A-21272-51606 2022-05-05 certified VP Quantitative Analyst, NY $175,000
A-21258-44817 2022-05-05 certified Originator, NY $153,296

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

  • China 56
  • India 37
  • Canada 17
  • United Kingdom 14
  • France 7
  • Australia 6

Worker's education

  • Master's 114
  • Bachelor's 56
  • Doctorate 9
  • Other 4
  • None 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 134
  • L-1 36
  • TN 6
  • E-3 5
  • EWI 1
  • O-1 1

Schools

  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 19
  • CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 9
  • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 7
  • CORNELL UNIVERSITY 6
  • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 5
  • STANFORD UNIVERSITY 4

Fields of study

  • BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 34
  • FINANCIAL ENGINEERING 14
  • ECONOMICS 12
  • FINANCE 11
  • COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE 8
  • MATHEMATICS 8

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 #496 counts this page's cases only.

6 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 Financial Quantitative Analysts, 33 of 75. 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 75 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 496. 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 68 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 NY. 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.

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