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PERM sponsor, #205 of 70,985 by filings

Deere & Company

Deere & Company sponsors green cards: it filed 24 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on August 26, 2026. Deere & Company has 45 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Software Developers · 61% of its filings
Main worksite
Moline, IL · 52% of its filings
Industry
Agricultural Implement Manufacturing · NAICS 33311

Waiting on a case with Deere & Company?

  • When it'll likely be decided
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This rate is level with the field

Over 175 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.

Why

The 95% interval runs up to a 10.2% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.

Filings

186

#205 of 70,985

Certified

165

10 denied

Approval

94.3%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$120,000

offered, per year

Median days

459

7 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 228 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

45

of 228 tracked cases. The other 183 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed February 12, 2025, 20 months ago.

Where those 45 are standing

RECONSIDERATION APPEALS
3578%

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.

ANALYST REVIEW
1022%

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 228 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 228, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 18, 2026

Follow Deere & Company

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.

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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. Deere & Company

    median of 22 decisions in the last 90 days

    314 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 28,615 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 80,983 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)
186 published
45 pending
$120,000 median, n=186
Prevailing wage requests
289 published
35 pending
$123,219 median, n=277
H-1B labor condition applications
1,153 published
0 pending
$115,000 median, n=1,152

Its median H-1B wage is $115,000 across 1,152 LCAs, 4.2% lower than its median PERM wage of $120,000 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 45 pending PERM cases, 35 (78%) sit outside DOL's normal queue: 35 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 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 Deere & Company, 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: 1,153 LCAs filed by Deere & Company, 1,078 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

144 positions for new employment, 320 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 144 · 13%
  • Change of employer 7e 320 · 30%
  • Continuing 7b 121 · 11%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 424 · 39%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
  • Amended petition 7f 69 · 6%

Shares of the 1,078 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 42 · 4%
  • Level II 248 · 24%
  • Level III 330 · 32%
  • Level IV 422 · 40%

Shares of the 1,042 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; 36 of 1,078 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 18, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 1,104 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 1,153. 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.

Each figure ranked only among sponsors with enough cases for it to mean something. No single score: they measure different things.

  • PERM approval rate

    94.3% of 175 decided PERM cases

    Higher than 8% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    24 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 96% of the 13,942 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    287 certified in the last 24 months

    Higher than 99% of the 27,916 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    0.3% of 325 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 8% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    71% of 290 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 85% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    99.8% of 423 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

94.3%ahead of 8%

0% 100%

Median days to decision

459 daysahead of 57%

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 143 and 260 filings.

Their median wait
465 days
This one
459 days

This one sits 6 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 205 of 70,985 by volume: 204 filed at least as many filings, and 70,780 filed no more.

Just above
Caterpillar Inc. 186 filings
Just below
NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION 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 · 113 filings, 61% of everything they file · 93.6% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 152 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

Agricultural Implement Manufacturing

NAICS 33311 · 98 filings

  • Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing 333144
  • Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 33311144
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 143
  • Iowa 32
  • Georgia 3
  • North Carolina 3
  • California 2
  • Texas 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 185 of 186 filings.

Where the work is

  • Moline, IL 96
  • East Moline, IL 21
  • Milan, IL 13
  • Chicago, IL 12
  • Dubuque, IA 7
  • Johnston, IA 7
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 156 of 186 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Zulkie Partners LLC 186 filings · 94.3% approved
How this is counted

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

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The Quad-City Times

    97 cases

  2. Des Moines Register

    23 cases

  3. Chicago Sun-Times

    10 cases

  4. Telegraph Herald

    7 cases

  5. The Augusta Chronicle

    2 cases

  6. Austin American-Statesman

    2 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

    148 cases

  2. Job search websites

    148 cases

  3. Employee referral programs

    126 cases

  4. Radio or TV ads

    22 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

    18%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    40%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    32%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    11%

  7. Over 180 days

    0.0%
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

526 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2025 with 103.

  • 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 12 0 4
FY2009 4 0 0
FY2010 20 0 0
FY2011 13 0 0
FY2012 19 1 0
FY2013 5 1 1
FY2014 18 1 1
FY2015 11 0 1
FY2016 11 1 0
FY2017 5 0 0
FY2018 10 0 0
FY2019 9 0 2
FY2020 10 0 3
FY2021 41 0 1
FY2022 52 2 4
FY2023 72 0 5
FY2024 48 1 3
FY2025 98 0 5
FY2026 19 9 3

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 228. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22313-54479 2023-09-25 certified Software Engineer, IL $120,000
A-22306-50363 2023-09-22 certified Software Engineer, IL $95,000
A-22273-31342 2023-09-20 certified Software Engineer, IL $118,000
A-22297-44541 2023-09-08 certified Senior Software Engineer, IL $125,000
A-22284-37151 2023-08-24 certified Software Engineer, IL $120,000
A-22165-71315 2023-08-23 certified Software Engineer, IL $105,000
A-22277-33324 2023-08-21 certified Software Engineer, IL $118,000
A-22273-31459 2023-08-17 certified Software Engineer, IL $105,000
The other 17
A-22249-16975 2023-07-18 certified Software Engineer, IA $111,000
A-22238-12662 2023-07-07 certified Software Engineer, IL $117,374
A-22262-23697 2023-07-05 certified Software Engineer, IL $118,000
A-22262-23651 2023-07-05 certified Software Engineer - Reporting & Analytics, IL $120,000
A-22257-21110 2023-06-30 certified Senior Software Subsystem Engineer, IA $120,000
A-23073-12621 2023-06-29 withdrawn Strategic Human Resources Advisor, IL $175,000
A-22221-03126 2023-06-08 certified Software Engineer, ATP, IL $105,000
A-22238-12857 2023-06-05 certified Information Security Engineer, IL $117,374
A-22241-13364 2023-06-05 certified Software Engineer, IL $117,374
A-22215-99325 2023-06-05 certified Software Engineer, IL $95,000
A-22234-09669 2023-05-26 certified Software Engineer, IL $110,000
A-22215-99286 2023-05-25 certified Software Engineer, IL $110,000
A-22213-97921 2023-05-25 certified Software Engineer, IL $117,374
A-22200-90633 2023-05-25 certified Senior Engineer Product, IL $117,374
A-22227-05691 2023-05-24 certified Sr. Battery Modeling and Controls Engineer, NC $112,000
A-22235-10299 2023-05-22 certified Software Engineer, IA $113,000
A-22235-10245 2023-05-22 certified Infrastructure Analyst, IL $110,000

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 207
  • China 8
  • Brazil 4
  • Canada 4
  • Mexico 2
  • South Africa 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 120
  • Master's 98
  • Doctorate 6
  • Other 3
  • None 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 213
  • L-1 10
  • F-1 1
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • PAROLEE 1
  • TN 1

Schools

  • JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 21
  • OSMANIA UNIVERSITY 13
  • ANDHRA UNIVERSITY 5
  • KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY 5
  • UNIVERSITY OF PUNE 5
  • UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON 5

Fields of study

  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 54
  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 27
  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 26
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 11
  • ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 8
  • ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING 7

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 Software Developers, 113 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 205. 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 175 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 18, 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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