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PERM sponsor, #231 of 70,985 by filings

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 198 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on October 20, 2026. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has 192 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Software Developers · 35% of its filings
Main worksite
San Diego, CA · 65% of its filings
Industry
Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 334220

Waiting on a case with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.?

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

Over 167 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.

Why

The 95% interval runs up to a 6.0% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.

Filings

170

#231 of 70,985

Certified

163

4 denied

Approval

97.6%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$147,530

offered, per year

Median days

492

26 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.

In the queue right now 290 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

192

of 290 tracked cases. The other 98 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed January 6, 2026, 9 months ago.

Where those 192 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
192100%

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 290 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 290, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 21, 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.

  • G-100-26293-311711 Staff Machine Learning and Modeling Researcher filed 2026-10-20 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26293-311923 Senior Hardware Validation Engineer filed 2026-10-20 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26288-303444 Staff Data Software Engineer filed 2026-10-15 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26288-303551 Senior Video Systems/Hardware Architecture Engineer filed 2026-10-15 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26279-282591 Senior Cellular System Test Engineer filed 2026-10-06 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26279-282672 Senior WWAN System Test Engineer filed 2026-10-06 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26279-283404 Senior Security System Test Engineer filed 2026-10-06 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26278-280425 Senior Staff CPU Backend Design Engineer filed 2026-10-05 · 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. Every employer

    median of 30,133 decisions in the same 90 days

    302 days

Only 3 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 80,340 cases, and would be decided around March 19, 2027 (between February 27, 2027 and April 28, 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)
170 published
192 pending
$147,530 median, n=170
Prevailing wage requests
1,149 published
122 pending
$121,082 median, n=1,135
H-1B labor condition applications
13,590 published
16 pending
$126,464 median, n=13,581

Its median H-1B wage is $126,464 across 13,581 LCAs, 14.3% lower than its median PERM wage of $147,530 across 170 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 Qualcomm Technologies, 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: 13,590 LCAs filed by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., 13,359 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

105,726 positions for new employment, 66,351 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 105,726 · 35%
  • Change of employer 7e 66,351 · 22%
  • Continuing 7b 2 · 1%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 64,338 · 21%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 140 · 1%
  • Amended petition 7f 66,217 · 22%

Shares of the 302,706 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 89 · 1%
  • Level II 6,363 · 53%
  • Level III 3,274 · 27%
  • Level IV 2,202 · 18%

Shares of the 11,928 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; 1,431 of 13,359 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
Yes
Found a willful violator
No

As answered on its newest LCA, filed June 23, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 12,681 of 12,683 LCAs, and a willful violator on 5 of 13,561. 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 13,557 · E-3 (Australia) 22 · H-1B1 (Singapore) 11. 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

    97.6% of 167 decided PERM cases

    Higher than 17% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    198 filed in the last 12 months

    At the top of the 13,995 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    2,697 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

    25% of 73,266 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 74% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    48% of 2,512 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 64% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    98.0% of 3,158 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 42% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.

Also on its record

  • Its newest LCA that answered declared it H-1B dependent (decided 2026-06-30).
  • It declared itself a willful violator on 5 LCAs.
Position in the field 1,343 sponsors with 30+ decided

Approval rate

97.6%ahead of 17%

0% 100%

Median days to decision

492 daysahead of 11%

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 127 and 219 filings.

Their median wait
468 days
This one
492 days

This one sits 24 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 231 of 70,985 by volume: 230 filed at least as many filings, and 70,754 filed no more.

Just above
Slalom, Inc. 171 filings
Just below
Twilio, Inc. 170 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 · 60 filings, 35% of everything they file · 98.3% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 157 of 170 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

Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing

NAICS 334220 · 170 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 150
  • Texas 9
  • Colorado 3
  • Massachusetts 3
  • Arizona 2
  • Florida 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 168 of 170 filings.

Where the work is

  • San Diego, CA 111
  • Santa Clara, CA 39
  • Austin, TX 7
  • Boulder, CO 3
  • Boxborough, MA 3
  • Chandler, AZ 2
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 165 of 170 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP 170 filings · 97.6% approved
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 170 of 170 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The San Diego Union-Tribune

    58 cases

  2. The Mercury News

    22 cases

  3. Austin American-Statesman

    5 cases

  4. The Arizona Republic

    2 cases

  5. The Boston Globe

    1 cases

  6. Boulder Daily Camera

    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. Job search websites

    93 cases

  2. Local or ethnic newspapers

    93 cases

  3. Campus placement offices

    90 cases

  4. On-campus recruiting

    3 cases

  5. The employer's website

    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

    1.1%

  3. 60 to 89 days

    61%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    23%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    6.5%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    8.6%

  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 2013

4,239 PERM decisions from FY2013 to FY2026, busiest in FY2015 with 890.

  • 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
FY2013 104 2 2
FY2014 483 4 12
FY2015 876 4 10
FY2016 119 1 3
FY2017 572 2 11
FY2018 419 0 5
FY2019 207 0 2
FY2020 331 0 1
FY2021 310 1 4
FY2022 371 0 2
FY2023 211 0 0
FY2024 75 2 0
FY2025 19 1 2
FY2026 69 1 1

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 2,572. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22296-44282 2023-09-27 certified Senior Hardware Engineer, CA $127,600
A-22279-34936 2023-09-27 certified Senior Camera Engineer, CA $172,223
A-22279-34918 2023-09-27 certified Senior Modem Engineer, CA $124,594
A-22244-15334 2023-09-27 certified Senior Hardware Engineer, CA $113,378
A-22248-16715 2023-09-27 certified Senior Embedded Software Development Engineer, CA $120,237
A-22255-19699 2023-09-26 certified Senior SoC/RTL Design Engineer, CA $120,890
A-22221-02417 2023-09-26 certified Staff SoC Hardware Architecture Engineer, CA $180,600
A-22283-36238 2023-09-26 certified Embedded Software Development Engineer, CA $112,537
The other 17
A-22276-32221 2023-09-26 certified Staff Cellular Technologies Software Engineer, CA $165,016
A-22294-43647 2023-09-22 certified Senior Cellular Technologies Software Engineer, CA $147,125
A-22242-14153 2023-09-22 certified Senior Camera Engineer, CA $129,377
A-22273-31277 2023-09-22 certified Senior Systems Test Engineer, CA $110,290
A-22250-17522 2023-09-21 certified Senior SoC/RTL Design Engineer, CA $123,506
A-22245-16250 2023-09-21 certified Software Location Technology Engineer, CA $131,267
A-22273-31307 2023-09-20 certified Staff CPU Verification Engineer, CA $190,762
A-22257-21177 2023-09-20 certified Senior Digital Design Engineer, CA $138,066
A-22244-15528 2023-09-20 certified Senior Systems Engineer, CA $133,935
A-22241-13523 2023-09-20 certified Senior Video Systems/Hardware Architecture Engineer, CA $177,341
A-22246-16466 2023-09-20 certified Senior Modem Software Engineer, CA $134,090
A-22246-16461 2023-09-20 certified Cellular Technologies Software Engineer, CA $117,148
A-22245-16245 2023-09-20 certified Senior Modem Software Engineer, CA $123,773
A-22157-66775 2023-09-15 certified Senior Staff/Manager Software Applications Development Engineer, CA $182,000
A-22276-32274 2023-09-11 certified Senior GPU Engineer, CA $159,378
A-22272-30310 2023-09-11 certified Senior Cellular Technologies Software Engineer, CO $145,787
A-22285-37685 2023-09-08 certified Multimedia Systems Engineer, CA $119,384

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 1,840
  • China 290
  • Canada 74
  • Taiwan 69
  • South Korea 65
  • Iran 25

Worker's education

  • Master's 1,986
  • Bachelor's 404
  • Doctorate 175
  • Other 4
  • None 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 2,303
  • L-1 181
  • F-1 45
  • H-4 8
  • TN 8
  • NOT IN USA 7

Schools

  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 139
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 115
  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 84
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS 70
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO 63
  • SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY 59

Fields of study

  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 1,038
  • ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING 326
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 261
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 183
  • ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 158
  • TELECOMMUNICATIONS 44

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 #231 counts this page's cases only.

36 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, 60 of 170. 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 170 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 231. 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 167 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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