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PERM sponsor, #5 of 70,985 by filings

Intel Corporation

Main job
Software Developers · 24% of its filings
Main worksite
Santa Clara, CA · 47% of its filings
Industry
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing · NAICS 3344

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Filings

2,735

#5 of 70,985

Certified

2,409

2 denied

Approval

99.9%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$121,760

offered, per year

Median days

410

56 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 1,560 cases in the live tracker

Nothing for this sponsor is waiting on a decision. All 1,560 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.

All 1,560 of this sponsor's cases in DOL's live status are decided: nothing of theirs is in the queue. Live case tracker, as of October 21, 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 Intel Corporation

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.

  • July 9, 2025, 110 employees, Travis, effective July 15, 2025. Texas WARN report Austin
  • October 16, 2024, 251 employees, Travis, effective November 15, 2024. Texas WARN report Austin

How long it takes

How long their cases are taking

  1. Every employer

    median of 30,678 decisions in the same 90 days

    301 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 80,135 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)
2,735 published
0 pending
$121,760 median, n=2,735
Prevailing wage requests
16,107 published
603 pending
$132,618 median, n=14,697
H-1B labor condition applications
21,221 published
9 pending
$115,482 median, n=21,212

Its median H-1B wage is $115,482 across 21,212 LCAs, 5.2% lower than its median PERM wage of $121,760 across 2,735 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 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 Intel Corporation, 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: 21,221 LCAs filed by Intel Corporation, 21,201 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

15,808 positions for new employment, 1,637 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 15,808 · 52%
  • Change of employer 7e 1,637 · 5%
  • Continuing 7b 3,543 · 12%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 5,960 · 20%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
  • Amended petition 7f 3,529 · 12%

Shares of the 30,472 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 71 · 1%
  • Level II 6,693 · 38%
  • Level III 9,649 · 55%
  • Level IV 1,224 · 7%

Shares of the 17,637 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; 3,564 of 21,201 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 23, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 20,061 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 21,182. 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 21,174 · E-3 (Australia) 20 · H-1B1 (Singapore) 27. 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

    99.9% of 2,411 decided PERM cases

    Higher than 33% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.

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

    4,458 certified in the last 24 months

    At the top of the 27,902 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    1.1% of 8,053 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

    64% of 3,875 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 79% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    97.5% of 5,171 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 36% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.

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

Approval rate

99.9%ahead of 33%

0% 100%

Median days to decision

410 daysahead of 85%

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 64 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 527 and 6,875 filings.

Their median wait
461 days
This one
410 days

This one sits 51 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 5 of 70,985 by volume: 4 filed at least as many filings, and 70,980 filed no more.

Just above
APPLE INC. 2,813 filings
Just below
Labor Guys, LLC 2,542 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 · 669 filings, 24% of everything they file · 99.8% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 2,116 of 2,735 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

Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

NAICS 3344 · 2,735 filings

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

  • California 1,444
  • Oregon 863
  • Arizona 248
  • Texas 80
  • New Mexico 74
  • Massachusetts 13
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 2,722 of 2,735 filings.

Where the work is

  • Santa Clara, CA 1,279
  • Hillsboro, OR 836
  • Chandler, AZ 248
  • Folsom, CA 105
  • Austin, TX 79
  • Rio Rancho, NM 74
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 2,621 of 2,735 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP 2,735 filings · 99.9% approved
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 2,735 of 2,735 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. San Jose Mercury News

    1,034 cases

  2. The Oregonian

    316 cases

  3. The Arizona Republic

    89 cases

  4. Albuquerque Journal

    48 cases

  5. The Sacramento Bee

    33 cases

  6. Austin American-Statesman

    21 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. Employee referral programs

    1,544 cases

  2. Local or ethnic newspapers

    1,544 cases

  3. Job search websites

    1,543 cases

  4. The employer's website

    2 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

    5.6%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    11%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    15%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    69%

  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

20,023 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2016 with 2,111.

  • 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 2 0 1
FY2009 0 0 16
FY2010 608 0 23
FY2011 345 7 8
FY2012 72 11 13
FY2013 949 32 78
FY2014 1,154 23 82
FY2015 1,446 176 181
FY2016 1,944 72 95
FY2017 1,362 63 48
FY2018 1,801 12 188
FY2019 1,562 5 55
FY2020 956 3 40
FY2021 1,030 50 39
FY2022 586 2 148
FY2023 1,799 4 197
FY2024 1,148 1 221
FY2025 935 1 96
FY2026 326 0 7

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 12,061. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-23135-42111 2023-09-28 withdrawn Process Engineer, OR $122,500
A-22339-67195 2023-09-27 withdrawn Analog Engineer, CA $98,155
A-23006-83264 2023-09-26 withdrawn Analog Engineer, CA $98,155
A-22334-65014 2023-09-26 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $192,941
A-22334-64841 2023-09-26 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $167,149
A-22325-60813 2023-09-22 withdrawn Process Engineer, OR $115,482
A-22341-68690 2023-09-22 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $108,514
A-22146-61413 2023-09-19 withdrawn Component Design Engineer, OR $107,765
The other 17
A-22299-45965 2023-09-15 withdrawn Product Engineer, OR $78,166
A-22301-47646 2023-09-15 withdrawn Systems Analyst, CA $121,805
A-22308-51879 2023-09-13 withdrawn Graphics Hardware Engineer, CA $152,006
A-23038-98820 2023-09-05 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $141,378
A-23018-88634 2023-09-05 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $130,666
A-22349-74240 2023-09-05 withdrawn Software Engineer, OR $98,842
A-22339-67152 2023-09-05 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $141,378
A-22320-58232 2023-09-05 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $108,514
A-22311-52825 2023-09-05 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $108,514
A-22314-55183 2023-09-05 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $130,666
A-22319-57295 2023-09-01 withdrawn Interaction Designer, OR $101,088
A-23004-81932 2023-09-01 withdrawn Test R&D Engineer, AZ $128,939
A-22318-56599 2023-09-01 withdrawn Hardware Engineer, CA $138,133
A-22339-67844 2023-09-01 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $192,941
A-22311-52815 2023-09-01 withdrawn Software Engineer, CA $192,941
A-22307-51550 2023-09-01 withdrawn Software Systems Architect, CA $166,379
A-22341-68801 2023-09-01 withdrawn Program Manager Technical, TX $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 9,109
  • China 584
  • Bangladesh 247
  • Taiwan 214
  • Mexico 184
  • Canada 162

Worker's education

  • Master's 8,815
  • Doctorate 2,090
  • Bachelor's 1,106
  • Other 50

Visa held when filed

  • F-1 5,368
  • H-1B 5,283
  • L-1 986
  • H-4 123
  • TN 120
  • O-1 99

Schools

  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 1,021
  • PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY 653
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 641
  • SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 385
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS 332
  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 328

Fields of study

  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 3,898
  • ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING 2,118
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 1,150
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 1,125
  • CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 390
  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 382

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 3 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 #5 counts this page's cases only.

73 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 Software Developers, 669 of 2,735. 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 2,735 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 5. 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 2,411 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 CA. 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 21, 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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