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PERM sponsor, #109 of 70,985 by filings

SYNOPSYS, INC.

SYNOPSYS, INC. sponsors green cards: it filed 87 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on September 30, 2026. SYNOPSYS, INC. has 60 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer · 40% of its filings
Main worksite
Sunnyvale, CA · 57% of its filings
Industry
Computer Systems Design Services · NAICS 541512

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Filings

335

#109 of 70,985

Certified

325

3 denied

Approval

99.1%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$162,019

offered, per year

Median days

482

16 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 445 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

60

of 445 tracked cases. The other 385 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed December 19, 2025, 9 months ago.

Where those 60 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
60100%

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 445 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 445, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 18, 2026

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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 SYNOPSYS, INC.

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.

  • August 31, 2026, layoff permanent, 128 employees, Santa Clara County, effective December 16, 2026. California WARN report 675 Almanor Ave, Sunnyvale CA 94085

How long it takes

How long their cases are taking

  1. SYNOPSYS, INC.

    median of 30 decisions in the last 90 days

    303 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 28,615 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 80,983 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)
335 published
60 pending
$162,019 median, n=333
Prevailing wage requests
530 published
32 pending
$151,091 median, n=512
H-1B labor condition applications
1,353 published
2 pending
$135,000 median, n=1,347

Its median H-1B wage is $135,000 across 1,347 LCAs, 16.7% lower than its median PERM wage of $162,019 across 333 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 SYNOPSYS, 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: 1,353 LCAs filed by SYNOPSYS, INC., 1,313 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

9,796 positions for new employment, 8,216 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 9,796 · 22%
  • Change of employer 7e 8,216 · 18%
  • Continuing 7b 8,731 · 19%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 6,964 · 15%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 4,135 · 9%
  • Amended petition 7f 7,343 · 16%

Shares of the 45,171 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 11 · 22%
  • Level II 26 · 52%
  • Level III 4 · 8%
  • Level IV 9 · 18%

Shares of the 50 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; 1,263 of 1,313 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 1,283 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 1,352. 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 1,351 · H-1B1 (Singapore) 2. 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

    99.1% of 328 decided PERM cases

    Higher than 26% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    87 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 99% of the 13,942 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    336 certified in the last 24 months

    Higher than 99% of the 27,916 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    18% of 12,931 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 61% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    16% of 25 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 35% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    98.7% of 683 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 51% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.

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

Approval rate

99.1%ahead of 26%

0% 100%

Median days to decision

482 daysahead of 25%

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 223 and 638 filings.

Their median wait
461 days
This one
482 days

This one sits 21 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 109 of 70,985 by volume: 108 filed at least as many filings, and 70,876 filed no more.

Just above
Lasership Inc. 336 filings
Just below
BANK OF AMERICA N.A. 323 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 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, 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

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

SOC 17-2072.00 · 133 filings, 40% of everything they file · 99.2% approved

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 293 of 335 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

Computer Systems Design Services

NAICS 541512 · 330 filings

  • Computer Systems Design and Related Services 541515
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 226
  • Texas 54
  • Oregon 23
  • Massachusetts 15
  • Indiana 7
  • North Carolina 4
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 329 of 335 filings.

Where the work is

  • Sunnyvale, CA 191
  • Austin, TX 44
  • Mountain View, CA 31
  • Hillsboro, OR 23
  • Marlborough, MA 8
  • Plano, TX 8
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 305 of 335 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Tafapolsky & Smith LLP 335 filings · 99.1% approved
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 335 of 335 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The Mercury News

    126 cases

  2. San Jose Mercury News

    70 cases

  3. Austin American-Statesman

    35 cases

  4. The Oregonian

    21 cases

  5. The Boston Globe

    8 cases

  6. Boston Sunday Globe

    4 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

    296 cases

  2. Local or ethnic newspapers

    296 cases

  3. Radio or TV ads

    296 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

    0.0%

  3. 60 to 89 days

    29%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    45%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    18%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    7.1%

  7. Over 180 days

    0.7%
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

1,678 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2018 with 179.

  • 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 37 2 0
FY2009 28 1 0
FY2010 37 2 0
FY2011 35 2 0
FY2012 40 1 0
FY2013 81 1 2
FY2014 70 0 1
FY2015 84 1 4
FY2016 113 0 2
FY2017 95 0 0
FY2018 175 0 4
FY2019 138 0 9
FY2020 105 0 4
FY2021 104 2 1
FY2022 86 0 3
FY2023 63 0 10
FY2024 43 1 2
FY2025 158 1 3
FY2026 124 1 2

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 914. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22278-33738 2023-09-18 certified R&D Engineer-Digital Design, Sr. II, CA $168,000
A-22273-31566 2023-09-14 certified Associate Information Security Analyst, VA $97,469
A-22294-43842 2023-09-14 certified Director, R&D, CA $276,328
A-22283-36750 2023-09-13 certified Manager II, Software Engineering, MA $201,656
A-22264-25422 2023-08-29 certified Production Solutions Sales Manager, Staff, CA $181,189
A-22215-99819 2023-07-31 certified Information Security Engineer, Sr. II, CA $170,000
A-22265-26491 2023-07-31 certified Rev Recognition Analyst, Sr. II, CA $120,395
A-22251-18473 2023-07-21 certified Applications Engineer-Digital Design, Staff, CA $142,000
The other 17
A-22143-59650 2023-07-19 certified R&D Engineer, Staff, CA $174,725
A-22213-98318 2023-07-17 certified Information Security Engineer, Sr. Staff, CA $190,000
A-22192-85971 2023-07-14 certified R&D Engineer- Design, Sr. I, CA $141,000
A-22224-04997 2023-07-10 certified Applications Engineer, Sr II, TX $143,000
A-22130-53295 2023-07-06 certified ASIC Physical Design Engineer, Sr. I (Applications Engineer, Sr. I), TX $133,500
A-22238-12851 2023-06-16 certified Database Administrator, Staff, CA $139,510
A-22190-85668 2023-06-14 certified Associate Principal Consultant, CA $171,600
A-22046-11989 2023-06-09 certified Applications Engineer, Sr II, TX $121,447
A-22132-53979 2023-05-24 certified Software Engineer, Sr. I, CA $140,000
A-22098-38428 2023-05-24 certified Software Engineer, Staff, MA $152,642
A-22131-53925 2023-05-23 certified Technical Support Engineer, Sr. I, CA $112,451
A-22131-53960 2023-05-23 certified R&D Engineer-Design, Sr. I, CA $156,000
A-22054-15261 2023-05-19 certified ASIC Digital Design Engineer, Sr II, CA $124,176
A-22203-93579 2023-05-19 certified Software Engineer, Sr. I, MA $110,594
A-22083-30560 2023-05-19 certified R&D Engineer, Sr. Staff, MA $186,000
A-22167-73617 2023-05-02 certified ASIC Digital Design Engineer, Sr. I, CA $132,600
A-22182-82415 2023-04-28 certified Applications Engineer - Design, Sr. II, CA $135,000

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 654
  • China 136
  • Taiwan 24
  • Canada 14
  • South Korea 13
  • France 10

Worker's education

  • Master's 622
  • Bachelor's 212
  • Doctorate 77
  • None 2
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 612
  • L-1 193
  • F-1 80
  • TN 8
  • H-4 6
  • L-2 4

Schools

  • SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 43
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 32
  • NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 23
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 18
  • UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI 18
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 17

Fields of study

  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 240
  • ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 124
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 113
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 84
  • ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING 62
  • ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 13

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 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, 133 of 335. 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 335 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 109. 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 328 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 18, 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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