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PERM sponsor, #326 of 70,985 by filings

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 52 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on September 22, 2026. Delta Air Lines, Inc. has 28 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Software Developers · 62% of its filings
Main worksite
Atlanta, GA · 90% of its filings
Industry
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation · NAICS 481111

Waiting on a case with Delta Air Lines, Inc.?

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This rate is level with the field

Over 109 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.

Why

The 95% interval runs up to a 3.4% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.

Filings

112

#326 of 70,985

Certified

109

0 denied

Approval

100.0%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$137,000

offered, per year

Median days

458

8 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 175 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

28

of 175 tracked cases. The other 147 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed January 8, 2026, 9 months ago.

Where those 28 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
28100%

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 175 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 175, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 23, 2026

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What DOL has done to its cases as a group

  1. October 14 DOL certified 12 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.

  • G-100-26265-251823 *Sr. Coordinator (L6), Global Personalization & Language filed 2026-09-22 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26182-070047 Senior Software Development Engineer filed 2026-07-01 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26181-069396 IT Sr. Technical Product Engineer filed 2026-06-30 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26181-069244 Senior Software Development Engineer filed 2026-06-30 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26181-069139 Senior Software Development Engineer filed 2026-06-30 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26181-069092 Senior Software Development Engineer filed 2026-06-30 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26181-069011 Senior Software Development Engineer filed 2026-06-30 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26181-062836 Senior Software Development Engineer filed 2026-06-30 · ANALYST REVIEW

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. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    median of 23 decisions in the last 90 days

    300 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 31,712 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 79,711 cases, and would be decided around March 20, 2027 (between February 28, 2027 and April 29, 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)
112 published
28 pending
$137,000 median, n=112
Prevailing wage requests
116 published
10 pending
$131,498 median, n=114
H-1B labor condition applications
890 published
4 pending
$134,106 median, n=889

Its median H-1B wage is $134,106 across 889 LCAs, 2.1% lower than its median PERM wage of $137,000 across 112 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, 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 Delta Air Lines, 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: 890 LCAs filed by Delta Air Lines, Inc., 848 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

81 positions for new employment, 295 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 81 · 10%
  • Change of employer 7e 295 · 35%
  • Continuing 7b 317 · 37%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 41 · 5%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
  • Amended petition 7f 114 · 13%

Shares of the 848 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 11 · 2%
  • Level II 84 · 12%
  • Level III 244 · 36%
  • Level IV 344 · 50%

Shares of the 683 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; 165 of 848 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 17, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 859 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 876. 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 876 · E-3 (Australia) 13 · H-1B1 (Chile) 1. 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 109 decided PERM cases

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

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    52 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 98% of the 14,032 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    219 certified in the last 24 months

    Higher than 99% of the 27,861 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    15% of 268 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 54% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    89% of 200 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 97% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    99.4% of 342 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 58% 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

458 daysahead of 58%

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 95 and 142 filings.

Their median wait
471 days
This one
458 days

This one sits 13 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 326 of 70,985 by volume: 325 filed at least as many filings, and 70,659 filed no more.

Just above
Navy Federal Credit Union 112 filings
Just below
Costco Wholesale Corporation 111 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 · 69 filings, 62% of everything they file · 100.0% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 93 of 112 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

Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation

NAICS 481111 · 108 filings

  • Scheduled Air Transportation 48111, 48114
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

  • Georgia 101
  • Minnesota 11
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 2 states cover 112 of 112 filings.

Where the work is

  • Atlanta, GA 101
  • Bloomington, MN 11
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 2 cities cover 112 of 112 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 111 filings · 100.0% approved
  2. Alfano Immigration Law, P.A. 1 filings
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 112 of 112 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    89 cases

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    4 cases

  3. The Minnesota Star Turbine

    4 cases

  4. The Minnesota Star Tribune

    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. Campus placement offices

    100 cases

  2. Job search websites

    100 cases

  3. The employer's website

    89 cases

  4. Local or ethnic newspapers

    11 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

    0.0%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    1.0%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    2.0%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    97%

  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

196 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2026 with 63.

  • 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 1 0 0
FY2009 0 0 0
FY2010 2 0 0
FY2011 1 0 0
FY2012 7 0 0
FY2013 1 0 0
FY2014 7 0 0
FY2015 2 0 0
FY2016 0 0 0
FY2017 2 0 0
FY2018 4 0 0
FY2019 7 0 1
FY2020 10 0 0
FY2021 10 0 0
FY2022 11 0 0
FY2023 18 0 0
FY2024 16 0 1
FY2025 30 0 2
FY2026 63 0 0

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 63. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22206-93846 2023-09-19 certified Senior Business Analyst, GA $108,139
A-22187-83667 2023-09-01 certified IT Senior Developer, GA $101,000
A-22179-79456 2023-08-28 certified IT Developer, GA $88,000
A-22228-06236 2023-08-21 certified Senior Sales Account Executive, WA $97,718
A-22206-93859 2023-08-18 certified Data Scientist - Engineering Analytics, GA $90,000
A-22179-79478 2023-07-27 certified IT Senior Developer, GA $122,700
A-22230-07897 2023-07-20 certified Retail Development Product Owner, GA $85,000
A-22116-46264 2023-06-13 certified IT Systems Engineer, GA $119,538
The other 17
A-22165-71241 2023-06-05 certified Senior Developer, MN $126,000
A-22177-78420 2023-05-01 certified Senior Developer, GA $125,000
A-22152-63924 2023-04-24 certified IT Test Engineer, GA $119,538
A-22152-63840 2023-04-20 certified Project Manager, GA $106,018
A-22065-19758 2023-04-19 certified IT Senior Developer, GA $123,000
A-22208-95330 2023-04-17 certified Senior Developer, GA $125,000
A-22152-63901 2023-04-10 certified IT Senior Business Analyst, GA $117,000
A-22122-48726 2023-02-14 certified Senior Developer, GA $125,000
A-22066-19799 2022-12-23 certified Manager – Information Technology, GA $128,052
A-21285-57157 2022-10-21 certified IT Developer, MN $125,798
A-21193-15478 2022-09-16 certified IT Advisory Developer, GA $119,538
A-21291-59476 2022-07-08 certified IT Business Consultant, MN $113,734
A-21291-59552 2022-05-16 certified Project Lead, GA $105,643
A-21237-35746 2022-05-13 certified Test Engineer, GA $98,813
A-21237-35744 2022-05-13 certified Test Engineer, GA $98,813
A-21212-25077 2022-04-28 certified IT Senior System Engineer, GA $114,899
A-21187-12470 2022-04-04 certified IT Test Engineer, GA $79,040

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 41
  • Philippines 14
  • Canada 2
  • Japan 2
  • United Kingdom 2
  • China 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 38
  • Master's 23
  • Doctorate 1
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 57
  • L-1 4
  • TN 1

Schools

  • JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 3
  • ANNA UNIVERSITY 2
  • BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY 2
  • BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY 2
  • MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY 2
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 2

Fields of study

  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 9
  • ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING 4
  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 4
  • BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 3
  • COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 3
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 3

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, 69 of 112. 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 112 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 326. 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 109 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 GA. 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 23, 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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