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PERM sponsor, #1,122 of 70,985 by filings

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings sponsors green cards: it filed 46 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on October 6, 2026. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings has 40 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Software Developers · 22% of its filings
Main worksite
Durham, NC · 49% of its filings
Industry
Medical Laboratories · NAICS 621511

Waiting on a case with Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings?

  • When it'll likely be decided
  • An email when DOL moves it

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This rate is level with the field

Over 36 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.

Why

The 95% interval runs up to a 18.1% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.

Filings

37

#1,122 of 70,985

Certified

34

2 denied

Approval

94.4%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$136,386

offered, per year

Median days

451

15 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 76 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

40

of 76 tracked cases. The other 36 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed May 14, 2025, 17 months ago.

Where those 40 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
3895%

A Department of Labor analyst has the application. This is the main queue, and it is where most pending PERM cases sit.

RECONSIDERATION APPEALS
25%

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.

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 76 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 76, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 25, 2026

Follow Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

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.

Layoff notices filed by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

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.

  • September 16, 2024, 132 employees, Harris, effective November 22, 2024. Texas WARN report Houston

How long it takes

How long their cases are taking

  1. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

    median of 8 decisions in the last 90 days

    307 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 32,343 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 79,979 cases, and would be decided around March 23, 2027 (between March 3, 2027 and May 2, 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)
37 published
40 pending
$136,386 median, n=37
Prevailing wage requests
138 published
11 pending
$108,555 median, n=132
H-1B labor condition applications
552 published
3 pending
$120,000 median, n=551

Its median H-1B wage is $120,000 across 551 LCAs, 12.0% lower than its median PERM wage of $136,386 across 37 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 40 pending PERM cases, 2 (5.0%) sit outside DOL's normal queue: 2 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 Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, 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: 552 LCAs filed by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, 536 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

86 positions for new employment, 149 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 86 · 16%
  • Change of employer 7e 149 · 28%
  • Continuing 7b 178 · 33%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 2 · 1%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 1 · 1%
  • Amended petition 7f 127 · 24%

Shares of the 539 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 17 · 3%
  • Level II 94 · 19%
  • Level III 151 · 31%
  • Level IV 227 · 46%

Shares of the 489 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; 47 of 536 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 518 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 549. 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 549 · E-3 (Australia) 3. 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

    94.4% of 36 decided PERM cases

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

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    46 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 98% of the 14,050 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    197 certified in the last 24 months

    Higher than 98% of the 27,833 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    15% of 220 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

    65% of 217 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 80% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    98.4% of 253 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 48% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.

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

Approval rate

94.4%ahead of 8%

0% 100%

Median days to decision

451 daysahead of 65%

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 35 and 39 filings.

Their median wait
466 days
This one
451 days

This one sits 15 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 1,122 of 70,985 by volume: 1,121 filed at least as many filings, and 69,863 filed no more.

Just above
Texas A&M University 37 filings
Just below
Prosper Marketplace, Inc. 37 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 · 8 filings, 22% of everything they file

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 23 of 37 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

Medical Laboratories

NAICS 621511 · 36 filings

  • Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) 5417141
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

  • North Carolina 27
  • California 2
  • Florida 2
  • New Jersey 2
  • Massachusetts 1
  • Michigan 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 6 states cover 35 of 37 filings.

Where the work is

  • Durham, NC 18
  • Burlington, NC 9
  • Detroit, MI 1
  • Iselin, NJ 1
  • Miami, FL 1
  • Plano, TX 1
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 31 of 37 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP 18 filings
  2. Parker Poe 17 filings
  3. Robinson & Cole LLP 1 filings
  4. Worldwide HealthStaff Solutions, LTD. 1 filings
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 37 of 37 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The News & Observer / Herald Sun

    10 cases

  2. The Star-Ledger

    2 cases

  3. Dallas Morning Star

    1 cases

  4. Detroit Free Press

    1 cases

  5. Miami Herald

    1 cases

  6. The News & Observer

    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. Local or ethnic newspapers

    20 cases

  2. Job search websites

    19 cases

  3. Radio or TV ads

    19 cases

  4. The employer's website

    1 cases

  5. Trade or professional organizations

    1 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

    9.5%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    52%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    19%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    19%

  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

120 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2023 with 20.

  • 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 2
FY2011 3 0 1
FY2012 2 0 0
FY2013 3 0 0
FY2014 2 0 0
FY2015 1 0 0
FY2016 3 0 0
FY2017 7 0 0
FY2018 4 0 0
FY2019 5 0 0
FY2020 9 0 0
FY2021 13 0 0
FY2022 4 0 1
FY2023 20 0 0
FY2024 14 2 0
FY2025 12 0 0
FY2026 8 0 1

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 66. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22304-49042 2023-09-27 certified IT Director, NC $176,550
A-22279-34647 2023-09-06 certified Sr. Systems Engineer / Sr. Network Administrator/Engineer, NC $115,918
A-22275-31986 2023-09-01 certified Bioinformatics Scientist, CA $123,742
A-22221-02747 2023-07-26 certified Senior Programmer/Analyst, MA $110,677
A-22241-13322 2023-07-21 certified IT Sr. Technical Specialist, NC $137,248
A-22256-20700 2023-07-05 certified IT Sr. Technical Specialist (SAP Basis Hana Administrator), NC $130,000
A-22231-08809 2023-06-21 certified Java Developer (Sr. Programmer/Analyst), NC $125,382
A-22194-87624 2023-06-12 certified IT Technical Specialist/Hyperion Technology Administrator, NC $113,191
The other 17
A-22189-85311 2023-05-15 certified Senior IT Auditor, NC $105,934
A-22202-92238 2023-05-03 certified IT Technical Specialist, NC $121,607
A-22165-71321 2023-03-06 certified IT Technical Specialist/Verint Workforce Optimization System, NC $116,020
A-22125-50933 2023-01-23 certified Project Administrator (Analytics), NC $74,235
A-21314-70852 2023-01-18 certified Sr. QA Analyst/Software, NC $95,000
A-22090-33992 2022-12-22 certified Senior IVR Applications Engineer, NC $137,248
A-22062-18862 2022-12-14 certified IT Sr. Technical Specialist - Application Architect, NC $145,438
A-22028-04447 2022-12-12 certified IT Sr. Technical Specialist, NC $139,050
A-22045-11212 2022-12-07 certified QA Software Analyst, NC $76,875
A-22025-02387 2022-12-01 certified Senior QA Software Analyst, NC $104,745
A-22034-06812 2022-10-19 certified IT Technical Specialist / PeopleSoft System Administrator, NC $126,690
A-22018-99290 2022-10-04 certified Lead Project Analyst / Engineer, NC $115,828
A-22035-07693 2022-09-09 withdrawn Lead Project Analyst/Engineer, NC $102,000
A-21347-85308 2022-08-30 certified Senior QA Analyst, NC $93,730
A-21307-67850 2022-06-02 certified Lead Project Analyst/Engineer, NC $126,651
A-21256-43186 2022-03-25 certified SharePoint IT Technical Specialist, NC $110,531
A-21168-02973 2021-12-03 certified Sr. IT Technical Specialist, NC $124,023

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 61
  • Canada 2
  • Bangladesh 1
  • China 1
  • Nigeria 1

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 35
  • Master's 29
  • Associate's 1
  • Doctorate 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 64
  • NOT IN USA 1
  • PAROLEE 1

Schools

  • ANDHRA UNIVERSITY 4
  • JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 4
  • OSMANIA UNIVERSITY 4
  • ANNA UNIVERSITY 3
  • ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI 2
  • BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY 2

Fields of study

  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 12
  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 7
  • ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 6
  • ENGINEERING 4
  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 4
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 3

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 #1,122 counts this page's cases only.

5 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, 8 of 37. 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 37 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 1,122. 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 36 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 NC. 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 25, 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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