Updated
PERM sponsor, #772 of 70,985 by filings
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
The Nielsen Company (US), LLC sponsors green cards: it filed 1 PERM case in the last 12 months, the newest on November 17, 2025.
- Main job
- Software Developers · 33% of its filings
- Main worksite
- New York, NY · 43% of its filings
- Industry
- Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling · NAICS 541910
Waiting on a case with The Nielsen Company (US), LLC?
- When it'll likely be decided
- An email when DOL moves it
This rate is level with the field
Over 43 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.
Why
The 95% interval runs up to a 15.5% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.
Filings
51
#772 of 70,985
Certified
41
2 denied
Approval
95.3%
field 96.8%
Median wage
$123,614
offered, per year
Median days
415
51 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.
Nothing for this sponsor is waiting on a decision. All 36 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
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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.
Its newest filings
Filed since DOL's last quarterly file, so the wage and law firm aren't published yet.
- G-100-25321-413983 Senior Solutions Engineer filed 2025-11-17 · CERTIFIED
- G-100-25211-210918 Senior Data Scientist filed 2025-07-30 · CERTIFIED
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
- 301 days
Every employer
median of 32,341 decisions in the same 90 days
Only 1 of their cases was 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 79,663 cases, and would be decided around March 21, 2027 (between March 1, 2027 and April 30, 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)
- 51 published
- 0 pending
- $123,614 median, n=51
- Prevailing wage requests
- 18 published
- 1 pending
- $130,978 median, n=18
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 539 published
- 1 pending
- $120,000 median, n=538
Its median H-1B wage is $120,000 across 538 LCAs, 2.9% lower than its median PERM wage of $123,614 across 51 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 4 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 The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-26258-235189 Lead Data Scientist 2026-09-15 · IN PROCESS
- P-100-26181-064265 Senior AI/ML Engineer I 2026-06-30 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-25023-638255 Senior Solutions Engineer $152,859 per year 2025-01-23 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24290-410992 Senior Data Scientist $111,966 per year 2024-10-16 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24185-173577 Linux System Middleware/Architect Lead $133,328 per year 2024-07-03 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
H-1B LCAs
- I-200-26293-312244 Senior AI/ML Engineer I 2026-10-20 · IN PROCESS
- I-200-26156-987030 Senior Manager, Process Automation $118,610 per year 2026-06-05 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26146-949953 Senior Software Engineer $148,829.08 per year 2026-05-26 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26142-942055 Senior Software Engineer $148,829.08 per year 2026-05-22 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-26097-764609 Senior Software Engineer $148,829.08 per year 2026-04-07 · CERTIFIED
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: 539 LCAs filed by The Nielsen Company (US), LLC, 530 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.
New hires and transfers
101 positions for new employment, 107 moving here from another employer.
- New employment 7a 101 · 19%
- Change of employer 7e 107 · 20%
- Continuing 7b 207 · 39%
- Change in previous employment 7c 70 · 13%
- Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
- Amended petition 7f 45 · 8%
Shares of the 530 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 18 · 3%
- Level II 178 · 34%
- Level III 147 · 28%
- Level IV 179 · 34%
Shares of the 522 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; 8 of 530 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 5, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 486 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 531. 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 531 · E-3 (Australia) 8. 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.
How it compares with other sponsors
Each figure ranked only among sponsors with enough cases for it to mean something. No single score: they measure different things.
PERM approval rate
95.3% of 43 decided PERM cases
Higher than 10% of the 1,343 sponsors with 30 or more decided cases.
PERM filings in the last 12 months
1 filed in the last 12 months
Higher than 22% of the 14,055 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.
H-1B LCAs certified in the last 24 months
29 certified in the last 24 months
Higher than 88% of the 27,849 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.
Share of H-1B positions that were transfers
5.7% of 35 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 22% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.
Share of H-1B LCAs at wage level III or IV
64% of 33 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026
Higher than 78% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.
USCIS H-1B approval rate, last 3 fiscal years
94.4% of 71 USCIS decisions
Higher than 11% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.
Approval rate
95.3%ahead of 10%
Median days to decision
415 daysahead of 83%
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 48 and 55 filings.
- Their median wait
- 468 days
- This one
- 415 days
This one sits 53 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 772 of 70,985 by volume: 771 filed at least as many filings, and 70,213 filed no more.
- Just above
- Compassionate Health Services LLC 51 filings
- Just below
- Trimble Inc. 51 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
SOC 15-1252.00 · 17 filings, 33% of everything they file
- Software Developers, Applications 15-11326
- Computer Systems Analysts 15-1211.004
- Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers 15-11993
- Data Scientists 15-2051.003
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021.002
How this is counted
These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 35 of 51 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
Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling
NAICS 541910, 54191 · 51 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
- Florida 22
- New York 22
- Illinois 3
- Texas 2
- California 1
- New Jersey 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 51 of 51 filings.
Where the work is
- New York, NY 22
- Oldsmar, FL 22
- Chicago, IL 3
- Dallas, TX 2
- Emeryville, CA 1
- Jersey City, NJ 1
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 51 of 51 filings.
Who files for them
- Duane Morris LLP 51 filings · 95.3% approved
How this is counted
The law firm named on the application. 51 of 51 filings, 100% of the total.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 18 cases
The New York Times
- 12 cases
Tampa Bay Times
- 2 cases
Tampa Bay Times HLC
- 1 cases
NY Daily News
- 1 cases
San Francisco Chronicle
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
- 34 cases
The employer's website
- 34 cases
Job search websites
- 34 cases
Local or ethnic newspapers
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
- 0.0%
Under 30 days
- 0.0%
30 to 59 days
- 38%
60 to 89 days
- 18%
90 to 119 days
- 24%
120 to 149 days
- 21%
150 to 180 days
- 0.0%
Over 180 days
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.
History
Year by year since 2009
311 PERM decisions from FY2009 to FY2026, busiest in FY2018 with 46.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2014 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2015 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2016 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 44 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 32 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 15 | 2 | 7 |
| FY2025 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
The 25 most recent of 217. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22271-29613 | 2023-08-21 | certified | Senior Software Engineer, FL | $120,765 |
| A-22206-94237 | 2023-07-17 | certified | Vice President, Technology, FL | $180,000 |
| A-22160-69292 | 2023-03-14 | certified | Senior Software Engineer, FL | $135,000 |
| A-21273-52394 | 2023-02-08 | certified | Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, FL | $130,000 |
| A-22348-73478 | 2023-01-12 | withdrawn | Senior Data Scientist, FL | $110,000 |
| A-22046-11798 | 2023-01-09 | certified | Senior Manager, IL | $105,000 |
| A-22034-07155 | 2022-12-12 | certified | Operations Research Scientist, TX | $110,000 |
| A-22047-12537 | 2022-12-12 | certified | Principal Software Engineer, FL | $128,625 |
The other 17
| A-22249-17138 | 2022-11-16 | withdrawn | Senior Software Developer, FL | $120,765 |
| A-22223-04597 | 2022-11-10 | withdrawn | Data Engineer, FL | $88,740 |
| A-21292-60407 | 2022-08-30 | certified | Senior Software Developer, FL | $125,000 |
| A-21315-72032 | 2022-06-09 | certified | Principal Architect, FL | $123,480 |
| A-21251-41293 | 2022-03-30 | certified | Senior Software Engineer, FL | $130,000 |
| A-21237-36111 | 2022-03-30 | certified | Senior Software Developer, FL | $125,000 |
| A-21237-35881 | 2022-03-23 | certified | Senior Software Developer, FL | $125,000 |
| A-21242-37924 | 2022-03-21 | certified | Senior Software Developer, FL | $120,000 |
| A-21242-37878 | 2022-03-21 | certified | Senior Software Developer, FL | $120,000 |
| A-21246-40063 | 2022-03-14 | certified | Senior Software Developer, FL | $130,000 |
| A-21176-07888 | 2022-03-04 | denied | Principal Software Engineer, FL | $135,000 |
| A-21174-05980 | 2022-03-03 | certified | Principal Software Engineer, FL | $135,000 |
| A-21214-26024 | 2022-02-04 | certified | Principal Software Engineer, FL | $140,000 |
| A-21167-02085 | 2022-01-20 | certified | Principal Software Engineer, FL | $135,000 |
| A-21035-49265 | 2022-01-06 | certified | Senior Software Developer, FL | $111,200 |
| A-21146-92204 | 2021-11-18 | certified | Senior Software Developer, MD | $118,000 |
| A-21132-85607 | 2021-11-17 | certified | Senior Software Developer, FL | $100,000 |
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 165
- China 21
- Argentina 4
- Canada 3
- Israel 3
- Russia 3
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 106
- Master's 103
- Doctorate 7
- Other 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 192
- L-1 17
- E-3 1
- F-1 1
- NOT IN USA 1
- PAROLEE 1
Schools
- JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 18
- ANNA UNIVERSITY 16
- OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY 5
- ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY 4
- NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY 4
- ANDHRA UNIVERSITY 3
Fields of study
- COMPUTER SCIENCE 19
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 18
- COMPUTER ENGINEERING 10
- ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 10
- STATISTICS 10
- COMPUTER SCIENCE ENGINEERING 7
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 entry 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 #772 counts this page's cases only.
14 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, 17 of 51. 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 51 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 772. 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 43 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 FL. 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 24, 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.