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PERM sponsor, #651 of 70,985 by filings

The Options Clearing Corporation

The Options Clearing Corporation sponsors green cards: it filed 29 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on September 3, 2026. The Options Clearing Corporation has 20 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Software Developers · 49% of its filings
Main worksite
Dallas, TX · 58% of its filings
Industry
Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities · NAICS 523999

Waiting on a case with The Options Clearing Corporation?

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This rate is level with the field

Over 55 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.

Why

The 95% interval runs up to a 6.5% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.

Filings

59

#651 of 70,985

Certified

55

0 denied

Approval

100.0%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$139,464

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 82 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

20

of 82 tracked cases. The other 62 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed January 20, 2026, 9 months ago.

Where those 20 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
20100%

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 82 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 82, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 22, 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-100-26246-215234 Associate Principal, Software Engineering SDET filed 2026-09-03 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26225-167593 Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering: DevOps filed 2026-08-13 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26222-157632 Associate Principal, Technical Data Governance filed 2026-08-10 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26156-988537 Senior Associate, Market Risk & Default Management filed 2026-06-05 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26138-924189 Lead Associate Principal, Software Engineering SDET filed 2026-05-18 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26131-893432 Associate Principal, Software Engineering: DevOps filed 2026-05-11 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26128-886619 Associate Principal, Software Engineering: DevOps filed 2026-05-08 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26111-817639 Associate Principal, Cloud Engineering filed 2026-04-21 · 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. The Options Clearing Corporation

    median of 10 decisions in the last 90 days

    302 days

  2. Every employer

    median of 31,475 decisions in the same 90 days

    301 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 79,834 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)
59 published
20 pending
$139,464 median, n=59
Prevailing wage requests
84 published
13 pending
$126,131 median, n=81
H-1B labor condition applications
529 published
1 pending
$131,500 median, n=529

Its median H-1B wage is $131,500 across 529 LCAs, 5.7% lower than its median PERM wage of $139,464 across 59 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 3 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 Options Clearing Corporation, 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: 529 LCAs filed by The Options Clearing Corporation, 521 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

88 positions for new employment, 253 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 88 · 15%
  • Change of employer 7e 253 · 44%
  • Continuing 7b 198 · 34%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 2 · 1%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
  • Amended petition 7f 38 · 7%

Shares of the 579 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 10 · 2%
  • Level II 92 · 18%
  • Level III 128 · 25%
  • Level IV 287 · 56%

Shares of the 517 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; 4 of 521 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 29, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 90 of 506 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 526. 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 526 · E-3 (Australia) 3. 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 55 decided PERM cases

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

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    29 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 97% of the 14,027 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    198 certified in the last 24 months

    Higher than 98% of the 27,873 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    46% of 294 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 95% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    81% of 232 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 93% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    99.1% of 219 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 56% 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 2026-06-29).
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

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 55 and 64 filings.

Their median wait
466 days
This one
482 days

This one sits 16 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 651 of 70,985 by volume: 650 filed at least as many filings, and 70,334 filed no more.

Just above
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. 59 filings
Just below
Texas Tech University 59 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 · 29 filings, 49% of everything they file

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 45 of 59 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

Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities

NAICS 523999 · 59 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

  • Texas 34
  • Illinois 25
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 2 states cover 59 of 59 filings.

Where the work is

  • Dallas, TX 34
  • Chicago, IL 25
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 2 cities cover 59 of 59 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Sidley Austin LLP 59 filings · 100.0% approved
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 59 of 59 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The Dallas Morning News

    23 cases

  2. Chicago Sun-Times

    20 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

    43 cases

  2. The employer's website

    43 cases

  3. Job search websites

    43 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

    7.0%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    72%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    12%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    9.3%

  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 2010

130 PERM decisions from FY2010 to FY2026, busiest in FY2025 with 22.

  • 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
FY2010 1 0 0
FY2011 1 0 0
FY2012 0 0 0
FY2013 0 0 0
FY2014 0 0 0
FY2015 1 0 0
FY2016 1 0 0
FY2017 0 0 1
FY2018 10 0 0
FY2019 9 1 0
FY2020 9 0 1
FY2021 9 0 0
FY2022 14 0 1
FY2023 10 1 1
FY2024 17 0 0
FY2025 18 0 4
FY2026 20 0 0

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 68. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22298-45182 2023-09-20 certified Associate Principal, Software Engineering, IL $125,445
A-22280-35816 2023-09-12 certified Associate Principal, Technology Operations, IL $114,899
A-22280-35554 2023-09-12 certified Associate Principal, Site Reliability Engineering, TX $128,315
A-22276-32650 2023-09-12 certified Associate Principal, Quantitative Risk Management, IL $100,900
A-22275-31982 2023-09-12 certified Associate Principal, Quantitative Risk Management, IL $100,900
A-22223-04400 2023-08-28 certified Associate Principal, Clearing, Pricing & Risk Developer, TX $133,900
A-22265-26789 2023-08-04 certified Senior Associate, Network Engineering, IL $110,344
A-22271-29699 2023-07-31 certified Senior Associate, Enterprise Technology Solutions Developer, TX $94,700
The other 17
A-22242-14500 2023-07-28 certified Senior Associate, Cloud Engineering, TX $94,037
A-22222-03671 2023-07-14 certified Senior Associate, Data Governance, TX $94,037
A-19163-17484 2022-11-14 denied Senior Business Analyst, IL $102,000
A-22241-13371 2022-10-19 withdrawn Specialist, Clearing, Pricing & Risk Developer, TX $128,315
A-22010-96009 2022-09-23 certified Associate Principal, Clearing, Pricing & Risk Developer, TX $131,700
A-22014-98202 2022-09-12 certified Associate Principal, Clearing, Pricing & Risk Developer, TX $128,315
A-21362-91470 2022-08-30 certified Principal, Securities Finance, IL $156,800
A-21363-91862 2022-08-16 certified Associate Principal, Data Platform Technology Architect, IL $142,900
A-21278-54315 2022-05-02 certified Senior Application Developer, TX $127,150
A-21277-53859 2022-05-02 certified Assoc. Principal, Enterprise Technology Solutions Architect, TX $118,742
A-21270-50300 2022-04-04 certified Senior Model Risk Analyst, IL $117,839
A-21209-23786 2022-02-16 certified Senior Quantitative QA Analyst, IL $117,839
A-21210-24484 2022-02-02 certified Senior Workday Integration Specialist, IL $118,742
A-21210-24403 2022-02-02 certified Associate Principal Architect, Enterprise Technology Solutions, IL $127,308
A-21193-15604 2022-01-13 certified Senior eGRC Technical Analyst, IL $128,056
A-21155-96371 2021-11-26 certified Quality Assurance Manager, IL $125,507
A-21143-90715 2021-11-18 certified Application Developer, TX $93,619

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 55
  • China 7
  • Iran 2
  • Australia 1
  • Canada 1
  • Mexico 1

Worker's education

  • Master's 46
  • Bachelor's 17
  • Doctorate 4
  • Other 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 66
  • E-3 1
  • TN 1

Schools

  • ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3
  • JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY 3
  • OSMANIA UNIVERSITY 3
  • TULANE UNIVERSITY 3
  • BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY 2
  • JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY 2

Fields of study

  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 11
  • BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 7
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 4
  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 4
  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 4
  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 3

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 #651 counts this page's cases only.

27 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, 29 of 59. 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 59 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 651. 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 55 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 TX. 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 22, 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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