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PERM sponsor, #1,659 of 70,985 by filings
Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc.
- Main job
- Mechanical Engineers · 15% of its filings
- Main worksite
- Farmington Hills, MI · 81% of its filings
- Industry
- Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 33632
Waiting on a case with Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc.?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
Too few cases for a rate
25 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
26
#1,659 of 70,985
Certified
25
0 denied
Approval
Not shown
withheld: 25 decided
Median wage
$117,166
offered, per year
Median days
468
2 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.
Nothing for this sponsor is waiting on a decision. All 21 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
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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.
How long it takes
How long their cases are taking
- 301 days
Every employer
median of 32,341 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 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)
- 26 published
- 0 pending
- $117,166 median, n=26
- Prevailing wage requests
- 30 published
- 0 pending
- $99,819 median, n=28
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 130 published
- 0 pending
- $112,736 median, n=129
Its median H-1B wage is $112,736 across 129 LCAs, 3.8% lower than its median PERM wage of $117,166 across 26 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 Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc., newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-25119-917841 Senior Engineer $138,486 per year 2025-04-29 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24220-250951 Production Control Manager $90,709 per year 2024-08-07 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24204-213949 Lead Engineer $132,350 per year 2024-07-22 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24190-179707 Senior Warranty Engineer $103,022 per year 2024-07-08 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24187-177651 Senior Engineer – Customer Resident $87,589 per year 2024-07-05 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
H-1B LCAs
- I-200-25150-036777 Staff Engineer, Software Development Department $155,000 per year 2025-05-30 · CERTIFIED - WITHDRAWN
- I-200-25115-905078 Quality Assurance Manager $102,523 per year 2025-04-25 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-25115-904566 SQ QMFD New Launch Lead “ Lead Engineer $116,667 per year 2025-04-25 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-25112-892201 Engineer II, Quality $110,000 per year 2025-04-22 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-25106-872702 ITB - Sr. Specialist $100,395 per year 2025-04-16 · 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: 130 LCAs filed by Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc., 125 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.
New hires and transfers
16 positions for new employment, 47 moving here from another employer.
- New employment 7a 16 · 13%
- Change of employer 7e 47 · 38%
- Continuing 7b 55 · 44%
- Change in previous employment 7c 0 · 0%
- Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
- Amended petition 7f 7 · 6%
Shares of the 125 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 2 · 2%
- Level II 22 · 18%
- Level III 26 · 21%
- Level IV 74 · 60%
Shares of the 124 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; 1 of 125 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 May 30, 2025. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 121 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 130. 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.
H-1B LCAs certified in the last 24 months
31 certified in the last 24 months
Higher than 88% of the 27,849 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.
Share of H-1B positions that were transfers
26% of 46 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 77% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.
Share of H-1B LCAs at wage level III or IV
78% of 45 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 91% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.
USCIS H-1B approval rate, last 3 fiscal years
97.4% of 78 USCIS decisions
Higher than 36% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.
Approval rate
not shownunder 30 decided
Median days to decision
468 daysmiddle of 25 decided, too few to rank
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 25 and 27 filings.
- Their median wait
- 464 days
- This one
- 468 days
This one sits 4 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 1,659 of 70,985 by volume: 1,658 filed at least as many filings, and 69,326 filed no more.
- Just above
- Veeva Systems Inc. 26 filings
- Just below
- HF Management Services, LLC 26 filings
Sponsors filing at the same rate
Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.
- #1,658 Veeva Systems Inc. 26 filings · none denied
- #1,660 HF Management Services, LLC 26 filings · none denied
- #1,657 Ryzlink Corp 26 filings · none denied
- #1,661 Agilent Technologies, Inc. 26 filings · none denied
- #1,656 Paradise Home and Garden 26 filings · 5 denied
- #1,662 Lorshi Systems LLC 26 filings · 4 denied
Sponsors hiring for the same work
The employers filing the most PERM cases for Mechanical Engineers, 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
SOC 17-2141.00 · 4 filings, 15% of everything they file
- Software Developers 15-1252.004
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-20722
- Industrial Engineers 17-2112.002
- Industrial Production Managers 11-3051.002
- Mechanical Engineers 17-21412
How this is counted
These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 16 of 26 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
Motor Vehicle Electrical and Electronic Equipment Manufacturing
NAICS 33632, 336320 · 22 filings
- Engineering Services 5413302
- Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 33631
- Motor Vehicle Transmission and Power Train Parts Manufacturing 336351
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
- Michigan 21
- Georgia 3
- Kentucky 1
- Ohio 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 26 of 26 filings.
Where the work is
- Farmington Hills, MI 21
- Monroe, GA 3
- Berea, KY 1
- Sunbury, OH 1
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 4 cities cover 26 of 26 filings.
Who files for them
- Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP 22 filings
- Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP 2 filings
- Dentons Bingham Greenebaum LLP 1 filings
- Taylor English DUMA LLP 1 filings
How this is counted
The law firm named on the application. 26 of 26 filings, 100% of the total.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 18 cases
Detroit Free Press
- 2 cases
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- 1 cases
Athens Banner-Herald
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
- 21 cases
Job search websites
- 21 cases
Local or ethnic newspapers
- 19 cases
Trade or professional organizations
- 1 cases
The employer's website
- 1 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
- 38%
60 to 89 days
- 33%
90 to 119 days
- 19%
120 to 149 days
- 4.8%
150 to 180 days
- 4.8%
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 2022
35 PERM decisions from FY2022 to FY2026, busiest in FY2025 with 10.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
All 9. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22245-16217 | 2023-09-25 | denied | R&D Engineer, OH | $102,045 |
| A-22343-70709 | 2023-08-24 | withdrawn | Engineer II, KY | $75,192 |
| A-22243-15168 | 2023-07-19 | certified | Senior Engineer, MI | $112,736 |
| A-22163-70421 | 2023-03-08 | certified | Manager, Software Engineer, MI | $165,381 |
| A-22049-13244 | 2022-11-02 | certified | Senior Engineer, MI | $120,000 |
| A-21355-89521 | 2022-08-12 | certified | Engineer II, MI | $100,942 |
| A-21260-46536 | 2022-04-15 | certified | Senior Engineer, MI | $111,966 |
| A-21218-28150 | 2022-02-25 | certified | Corporate Quality Warranty Engineer II, MI | $94,432 |
The other 1
| A-21348-86231 | 2021-12-21 | withdrawn | Engineer II, MI | $100,942 |
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 11 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 #1,659 counts this page's cases only.
- Hitachi Digital Services LLC 78 filings
- Hitachi Vantara LLC 64 filings
- Hitachi Rail STS USA, Inc. 19 filings
- HITACHI ENERGY USA INC. 15 filings
- Hitachi Solutions America, Ltd. 15 filings
- HITACHI HIGH-TECH AMERICA, INC. 6 filings
- Hitachi America, Ltd. 3 filings
- Hitachi Astemo Indiana, Inc. 3 filings
- Hitachi Global Air Power US, LLC 2 filings
- Hitachi Global Air Power US, LLC (f/k/a Sullair LLC) 2 filings
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AMERICAS INC. 1 filing
208 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 Mechanical Engineers, 4 of 26. 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 26 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 1,659. 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 25 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 MI. 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.