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PERM sponsor, #127 of 70,985 by filings

Safeway Inc.

Safeway Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 40 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on September 24, 2026. Safeway Inc. has 28 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Software Developers · 44% of its filings
Main worksite
Pleasanton, CA · 51% of its filings
Industry
Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) · NAICS 445110

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Filings

279

#127 of 70,985

Certified

260

0 denied

Approval

100.0%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$155,250

offered, per year

Median days

488

22 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 287 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

28

of 287 tracked cases. The other 259 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed April 1, 2026, 6 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 287 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 287, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 19, 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.

  • G-100-26267-257066 Staff Engineer Software/ Corporate Services filed 2026-09-24 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26266-253524 Senior Engineer Software/ Pharmacy filed 2026-09-23 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26266-255554 Sr. Staff Engineer Architect/Supply Chain IT filed 2026-09-23 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26266-256354 Sr. Staff Engineer Software/Retail Engineering filed 2026-09-23 · WITHDRAWN
  • G-100-26266-256881 Sr. Staff Engineer Software/Retail Engineering filed 2026-09-23 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26265-250139 Digital Workforce Analyst/ Financial Transformation filed 2026-09-22 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26265-253165 Sr. Staff Engineer Software/ Pharmacy, Health & Wellness Grp filed 2026-09-22 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26265-253423 Sr. Staff Engineer Software filed 2026-09-22 · 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. Safeway Inc.

    median of 10 decisions in the last 90 days

    304 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 29,263 decisions in the same 90 days

    302 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 80,581 cases, and would be decided around March 15, 2027 (between February 23, 2027 and April 24, 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)
279 published
28 pending
$155,250 median, n=279
Prevailing wage requests
257 published
14 pending
$145,934 median, n=252
H-1B labor condition applications
1,220 published
3 pending
$162,153 median, n=1,220

Its median H-1B wage is $162,153 across 1,220 LCAs, 4.4% higher than its median PERM wage of $155,250 across 279 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 Safeway 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: 1,220 LCAs filed by Safeway Inc., 1,168 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

190 positions for new employment, 430 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 190 · 16%
  • Change of employer 7e 430 · 37%
  • Continuing 7b 392 · 34%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 42 · 4%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 1 · 1%
  • Amended petition 7f 113 · 10%

Shares of the 1,168 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 42 · 5%
  • Level II 206 · 25%
  • Level III 138 · 16%
  • Level IV 452 · 54%

Shares of the 838 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; 330 of 1,168 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 16, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 1,141 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 1,210. 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 1,210 · E-3 (Australia) 9 · H-1B1 (Singapore) 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 260 decided PERM cases

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

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    40 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 98% of the 13,965 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    304 certified in the last 24 months

    Higher than 99% of the 27,903 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    7.0% of 369 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 26% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    70% of 247 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 84% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    98.9% of 471 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 54% 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

488 daysahead of 16%

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 202 and 513 filings.

Their median wait
461 days
This one
488 days

This one sits 27 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 127 of 70,985 by volume: 126 filed at least as many filings, and 70,858 filed no more.

Just above
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC 284 filings
Just below
Dakota Provisions, LLC 277 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 · 122 filings, 44% of everything they file · 100.0% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 249 of 279 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

Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers)

NAICS 445110 · 279 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 149
  • Texas 85
  • Arizona 24
  • Washington 15
  • Oregon 3
  • Alaska 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 277 of 279 filings.

Where the work is

  • Pleasanton, CA 141
  • Plano, TX 85
  • Phoenix, AZ 22
  • Livermore, CA 4
  • Eugene, OR 2
  • Arlington, WA 1
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 255 of 279 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Younossi Law, PC 279 filings · 100.0% approved
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 279 of 279 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. San Francisco Chronicle

    115 cases

  2. Plano Star Courier

    66 cases

  3. The Arizona Republic

    18 cases

  4. The Seattle Times

    9 cases

  5. The Dallas Morning News

    8 cases

  6. The Register-Guard

    2 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

    233 cases

  2. Radio or TV ads

    233 cases

  3. Local or ethnic newspapers

    170 cases

  4. Trade or professional organizations

    63 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

    12%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    27%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    30%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    31%

  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

463 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2025 with 158.

  • 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 4 1 0
FY2009 4 0 0
FY2010 6 1 0
FY2011 2 1 0
FY2012 3 1 0
FY2013 0 0 0
FY2014 5 0 1
FY2015 10 0 0
FY2016 6 0 0
FY2017 8 0 1
FY2018 19 0 1
FY2019 13 1 0
FY2020 16 0 0
FY2021 15 0 2
FY2022 28 0 2
FY2023 30 0 3
FY2024 51 0 1
FY2025 143 0 15
FY2026 66 0 3

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 145. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22279-35189 2023-09-28 certified Director Technology – eCom Fulfillment, CA $248,400
A-22264-25547 2023-09-07 certified Staff Pharmacist, CA $151,840
A-22070-24229 2023-08-31 certified Mobile iOS Developer, CA $150,374
A-22062-18918 2023-08-31 certified Solutions Architect, Digital Applications, CA $209,800
A-22062-18799 2023-08-31 certified Senior Software Engineer, CA $167,710
A-21203-21141 2023-08-31 certified Director, Product Management (E-Commerce and Pricing), CA $220,000
A-22249-17336 2023-08-29 certified Programmer Analyst, AZ $142,830
A-22264-25994 2023-08-23 certified Senior Web AEM Developer, CA $177,650
The other 17
A-22256-20806 2023-08-23 certified Director, Personalization and Traffic Innovation, CA $248,101
A-22175-78192 2023-08-22 certified Manager, Enterprise Business Intelligence, AZ $139,359
A-22222-04008 2023-08-07 certified Sr. Manager, Data Quality, TX $186,202
A-22250-17603 2023-07-31 withdrawn IT Business Service Manager, Supply Chain, CA $145,809
A-22235-10651 2023-07-26 certified Senior Manager, Digital Search in ecommerce, TX $212,175
A-22098-38440 2023-07-20 certified Tech Lead, Software Engineer, CA $169,950
A-22048-13212 2023-07-20 certified Senior DevOps Engineer, CA $167,710
A-22173-76584 2023-07-05 certified Sr. Software Engineer, CA $175,000
A-22223-04402 2023-06-16 certified Sr. Manager, Pricing and Customer Experience, CA $220,022
A-22165-71742 2023-06-05 certified Software Engineer IV, CA $150,000
A-22138-57367 2023-05-08 certified Applications Programmer Developer (Mobile App), CA $175,000
A-22161-69879 2023-04-20 certified Senior Application Support Engineer, CA $156,560
A-22087-32035 2023-04-19 certified Tech Lead, Digital Customer Experience, CA $169,000
A-23045-01673 2023-03-31 withdrawn Software QA Engineer (Performance), TX $133,705
A-22123-49861 2023-03-24 certified Senior Web UI Developer, CA $158,000
A-22140-58497 2023-03-16 certified Senior Software Engineer, CA $190,000
A-21319-73436 2022-12-23 certified Staff Pharmacist, NV $144,560

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 98
  • Philippines 17
  • Canada 10
  • South Korea 9
  • China 3
  • Nigeria 2

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 82
  • Master's 37
  • Doctorate 25
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 132
  • L-1 10
  • TN 2
  • H-4 1

Schools

  • JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 10
  • DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY 4
  • VISVESWARAIAH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELGAUM 4
  • ANDHRA UNIVERSITY 3
  • ANNA UNIVERSITY 3
  • MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY 3

Fields of study

  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 27
  • PHARMACY 27
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 18
  • ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 16
  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 7
  • APPLIED COMPUTER SCIENCE 6

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, 122 of 279. 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 279 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 127. 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 260 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 19, 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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