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PERM sponsor, #136 of 70,985 by filings

Snowflake Inc.

Snowflake Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 101 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on October 15, 2026. Snowflake Inc. has 74 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Software Developers · 66% of its filings
Main worksite
San Mateo, CA · 69% of its filings
Industry
Software Publishers · NAICS 511210

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Filings

270

#136 of 70,985

Certified

264

2 denied

Approval

99.2%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$150,000

offered, per year

Median days

490

24 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 398 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

74

of 398 tracked cases. The other 324 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed March 20, 2025, 19 months ago.

Where those 74 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
7399%

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

RECONSIDERATION APPEALS
11%

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 398 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 398, 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.

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. Snowflake Inc.

    median of 30 decisions in the last 90 days

    300 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)
270 published
74 pending
$150,000 median, n=270
Prevailing wage requests
310 published
15 pending
$149,240 median, n=295
H-1B labor condition applications
1,727 published
3 pending
$167,066 median, n=1,718

Its median H-1B wage is $167,066 across 1,718 LCAs, 11% higher than its median PERM wage of $150,000 across 270 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 74 pending PERM cases, 1 (1.4%) sit outside DOL's normal queue: 1 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; 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 Snowflake 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: 1,727 LCAs filed by Snowflake Inc., 1,647 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

5,286 positions for new employment, 3,918 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 5,286 · 36%
  • Change of employer 7e 3,918 · 26%
  • Continuing 7b 3,701 · 25%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 549 · 4%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 1 · 1%
  • Amended petition 7f 1,428 · 10%

Shares of the 14,877 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 88 · 5%
  • Level II 350 · 22%
  • Level III 343 · 21%
  • Level IV 832 · 52%

Shares of the 1,613 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; 34 of 1,647 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 1,622 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 1,691. 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 1,687 · E-3 (Australia) 26 · H-1B1 (Singapore) 14. 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

    99.3% of 266 decided PERM cases

    Higher than 27% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    101 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 99% of the 13,965 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    784 certified in the last 24 months

    At the top of the 27,903 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    22% of 7,402 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 70% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    66% of 850 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 82% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    98.5% of 969 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

99.2%ahead of 27%

0% 100%

Median days to decision

490 daysahead of 13%

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 194 and 451 filings.

Their median wait
462 days
This one
490 days

This one sits 28 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 136 of 70,985 by volume: 135 filed at least as many filings, and 70,849 filed no more.

Just above
Napoli PSC Series LLC 271 filings
Just below
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. 270 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 · 179 filings, 66% of everything they file · 99.4% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 216 of 270 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

Software Publishers

NAICS 511210, 513210, 51321, 51121, 5132 · 267 filings

  • Electronic Computer Manufacturing 3341111
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 193
  • Washington 67
  • Georgia 3
  • Virginia 3
  • Massachusetts 1
  • New York 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 268 of 270 filings.

Where the work is

  • San Mateo, CA 187
  • Bellevue, WA 67
  • Dublin, CA 4
  • Atlanta, GA 3
  • McLean, VA 3
  • Boston, MA 1
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 265 of 270 filings.

Who files for them

  1. FRAGOMEN, DEL REY, BERNSEN & LOEWY, LLP 270 filings · 99.2% approved
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 270 of 270 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The Mercury News

    160 cases

  2. The Seattle Times

    51 cases

  3. San Francisco Chronicle

    20 cases

  4. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    2 cases

  5. The Washington Post

    2 cases

  6. Boston Sunday Globe

    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

    238 cases

  2. Trade or professional organizations

    238 cases

  3. Job search websites

    237 cases

  4. 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

    0.4%

  3. 60 to 89 days

    10%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    14%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    22%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    53%

  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 2020

404 PERM decisions from FY2020 to FY2026, busiest in FY2025 with 150.

  • 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
FY2020 6 0 0
FY2021 44 0 1
FY2022 26 0 0
FY2023 55 1 1
FY2024 32 1 3
FY2025 149 0 1
FY2026 83 1 0

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 134. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22256-20530 2023-09-28 certified Senior Software Engineer, CA $215,000
A-22256-20477 2023-09-27 certified Senior Solutions Architect, MA $187,000
A-22293-43471 2023-09-27 certified Software Engineer, CA $140,000
A-22263-24289 2023-09-18 certified Software Engineer, CA $167,710
A-22229-07014 2023-09-15 certified Software Engineer, CA $167,710
A-22269-27862 2023-08-29 certified Senior Software Engineer, CA $166,804
A-22263-24359 2023-08-29 certified Software Engineer, CA $167,710
A-22210-97487 2023-08-24 certified Software Engineer, CA $121,763
The other 17
A-22140-58111 2023-08-21 certified Solutions Architect, CA $168,438
A-22263-24341 2023-08-21 certified Software Engineer, CA $140,000
A-22229-07054 2023-08-11 certified Principal Product Manager, CA $250,000
A-22263-25039 2023-08-08 certified Software Engineer, WA $135,000
A-22213-97741 2023-08-08 certified Software Engineer, WA $135,000
A-22166-72059 2023-08-08 certified Software Engineer, WA $135,000
A-22260-23325 2023-08-03 certified Software Engineer, CA $140,000
A-22166-72045 2023-08-03 certified Software Engineer, CA $170,000
A-22260-23324 2023-08-02 certified Software Engineer, WA $135,000
A-22254-19464 2023-07-06 certified Senior Software Engineer, CA $200,000
A-22224-04749 2023-07-03 certified Senior Solutions Architect, CA $168,438
A-22137-56197 2023-06-30 certified Senior Solutions Architect, CA $168,438
A-22166-72010 2023-06-21 certified Senior Software Engineer, CA $200,000
A-22117-46694 2023-06-14 certified Cloud Support Engineer, CA $125,486
A-22137-56270 2023-06-05 certified Data Scientist, Sales Operations, CA $170,000
A-22136-55474 2023-06-05 certified Software Engineer, CA $144,726
A-22137-56217 2023-05-22 certified Senior Software Engineer, WA $170,000

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 77
  • China 44
  • Canada 3
  • South Korea 2
  • Australia 1
  • Bulgaria 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 91
  • Bachelor's 40
  • Doctorate 2
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 123
  • F-1 6
  • TN 2
  • E-3 1
  • H-4 1
  • NOT IN USA 1

Schools

  • CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 9
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 6
  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 4
  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 4
  • SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 4
  • ANNA UNIVERSITY 3

Fields of study

  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 41
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 21
  • SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 7
  • ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 6
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 5
  • MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 5

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, 179 of 270. 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 270 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 136. 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 266 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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