Updated
PERM sponsor, #3,152 of 70,985 by filings
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Main job
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · 20% of its filings
- Main worksite
- Chicago, IL · 93% of its filings
- Industry
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · NAICS 611310
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- When it'll likely be decided
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Too few cases for a rate
14 decided filings: too few for an approval rate.
Why
Across every PERM case DOL decided in this window, 3.20% were denied. At that rate a file this size comes back clean most of the time whatever the sponsor did, so a percentage would be a fact about how few cases there are. Telling a clean record apart from the field takes about 117 decided cases.
Filings
15
#3,152 of 70,985
Certified
12
2 denied
Approval
Not shown
withheld: 14 decided
Median wage
$99,788
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.
Nothing for this sponsor is waiting on a decision. All 13 of their cases in the live tracker are closed.
Follow University of Illinois at Chicago
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.
How long it takes
How long their cases are taking
- 301 days
Every employer
median of 32,343 decisions in the same 90 days
None of their cases were 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 80,225 cases, and would be decided around March 24, 2027 (between March 4, 2027 and May 3, 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)
- 15 published
- 0 pending
- $99,788 median, n=15
- Prevailing wage requests
- 140 published
- 0 pending
- $59,322 median, n=138
- H-1B labor condition applications
- 704 published
- 0 pending
- $75,000 median, n=703
Its median H-1B wage is $75,000 across 703 LCAs, 24.8% lower than its median PERM wage of $99,788 across 15 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 University of Illinois at Chicago, newest first. Decided ones carry the wage from DOL's quarterly files.
Wage requests
- P-100-24109-900405 Assistant Professor $71,500 per year 2024-04-18 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24053-740148 IT Technical Associate (Sr. Application Developer) $86,679 per year 2024-02-22 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24047-727377 Assistant Professor $71,500 per year 2024-02-16 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24040-708039 Clinical Associate Professor $153,858 per year 2024-02-09 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
- P-100-24026-670946 Assistant Professor $71,500 per year 2024-01-26 · DETERMINATION ISSUED
H-1B LCAs
- I-200-24291-415295 Project Manager-Healthcare PMO $125,000 per year 2024-10-17 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-24278-385777 Clinical Research Coordinator $68,182 per year 2024-10-04 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-24270-368367 Assistant Professor $135,000 per year 2024-09-26 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-24263-349761 Assistant Professor (Research Track) $110,000 per year 2024-09-19 · CERTIFIED
- I-200-24263-349459 Research Assistant Professor $70,000 per year 2024-09-19 · 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.
Likely cap-exempt, by inference. 100% of its coded PERM filings name NAICS 611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools), and colleges hire H-1B workers outside the lottery (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(5)(A)). Whether this employer qualifies is USCIS's call.
What its H-1B LCAs were for
From DOL's quarterly LCA files: 704 LCAs filed by University of Illinois at Chicago, 626 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.
New hires and transfers
311 positions for new employment, 56 moving here from another employer.
- New employment 7a 311 · 50%
- Change of employer 7e 56 · 9%
- Continuing 7b 111 · 18%
- Change in previous employment 7c 19 · 3%
- Concurrent employment 7d 2 · 1%
- Amended petition 7f 127 · 20%
Shares of the 626 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 226 · 55%
- Level II 98 · 24%
- Level III 62 · 15%
- Level IV 22 · 5%
Shares of the 408 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; 218 of 626 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 October 17, 2024. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 624 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 703. 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 703 · E-3 (Australia) 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.
Approval rate
not shownunder 30 decided
Median days to decision
490 daysmiddle of 14 decided, too few to rank
Each bar counts sponsors at that value. More
Against the sponsors ranked nearest
The 120 sponsors ranked nearest filed between 14 and 15 filings.
- Their median wait
- 455 days
- This one
- 490 days
This one sits 35 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 3,152 of 70,985 by volume: 3,151 filed at least as many filings, and 67,833 filed no more.
- Just above
- ANAHEIM HEALTHCARE CENTER, LLC 15 filings
- Just below
- Dirt Dynamics LLC 15 filings
Sponsors filing at the same rate
Ranked either side of this one: they file about as many PERM cases.
- #3,151 ANAHEIM HEALTHCARE CENTER, LLC 15 filings · none denied
- #3,153 Dirt Dynamics LLC 15 filings · none denied
- #3,150 WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY 15 filings · none denied
- #3,154 FLEETCOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 15 filings · 2 denied
- #3,149 R2 Technologies Corporation 15 filings · 1 denied
- #3,155 COMMUNITY CARE REHABILITATION CENTER LLC 15 filings · none denied
Sponsors hiring for the same work
The employers filing the most PERM cases for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary, the occupation this sponsor files for most.
- #566 Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska 66 filings · 1 denied
- #1,551 UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER 27 filings · none denied
- #438 West Virginia University 82 filings · 1 denied
- #415 University of Washington 89 filings · none denied
- #615 The Curators of the University of Missouri 62 filings · none denied
- #1,293 TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 32 filings · none denied
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
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
SOC 25-1071.00 · 3 filings, 20% of everything they file
- Operations Research Analysts 15-2031.003
- Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1121.001
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1011.001
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-1021.001
- General Internal Medicine Physicians 29-1216.001
How this is counted
These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 10 of 15 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
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
NAICS 611310 · 15 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
- Illinois 15
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. This state covers 15 of 15 filings.
Where the work is
- Chicago, IL 14
- Peoria, IL 1
How this is counted
The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 2 cities cover 15 of 15 filings.
Newspapers it advertised in
- 8 cases
Chicago Sun-Times
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
- 8 cases
The employer's website
- 8 cases
Job search websites
- 8 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
- 13%
60 to 89 days
- 25%
90 to 119 days
- 13%
120 to 149 days
- 50%
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 2008
272 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2025, busiest in FY2010 with 41.
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years, October to September. A year filed under another name is missing, not zero. FY2025 is partial: DOL's newest file runs through June 2026.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2008 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2009 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2010 | 38 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2011 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 18 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2017 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
Decided in FY2016 to FY2023
The 25 most recent of 112. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.
| Case | Decided | Outcome | Job | Offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22250-17702 | 2023-08-29 | certified | IT Technical Associate (Developer - Business Intelligence), IL | $90,032 |
| A-22276-32613 | 2023-08-24 | certified | Associate Director for Engineering and Commissioning, IL | $139,725 |
| A-22164-70531 | 2023-07-14 | certified | Assistant Professor, IL | $89,606 |
| A-22119-48186 | 2023-04-20 | certified | IT Technical Associate (Sr. Application Developer), IL | $81,120 |
| A-22164-70745 | 2023-03-08 | certified | Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine/Physician Surgeon, IL | $171,360 |
| A-22117-47091 | 2023-03-06 | certified | Clinical Assistant Professor, IL | $70,500 |
| A-22147-62203 | 2023-03-01 | certified | Associate Director, Clinical Strategy, Analysis, & Practice, IL | $81,110 |
| A-22052-14042 | 2023-01-23 | certified | Assistant Professor, IL | $98,444 |
The other 17
| A-22040-09522 | 2022-11-28 | certified | Clinical Assistant Professor, IL | $72,000 |
| A-22024-01901 | 2022-09-27 | certified | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics/Physician Surgeon, IL | $260,000 |
| A-21285-57429 | 2022-08-26 | certified | IT Technical Associate (Senior System Administrator/Architect), IL | $86,678 |
| A-21309-69047 | 2022-06-03 | certified | Research Assistant Professor, IL | $75,657 |
| A-21269-50049 | 2022-03-24 | certified | Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology/Physician Surgeon, IL | $120,000 |
| A-21251-41358 | 2022-03-22 | certified | Assistant Professor (CT), IL | $139,973 |
| A-21116-78439 | 2022-01-24 | certified | Information Technology Technical Associate (IT Development), IL | $82,738 |
| A-21127-83581 | 2022-01-14 | certified | Clinical Assistant Professor, IL | $81,585 |
| A-21125-82535 | 2022-01-14 | certified | Assistant Professor, IL | $215,000 |
| A-21180-09419 | 2021-12-06 | certified | Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine/Physician Surgeon, IL | $200,000 |
| A-21122-80961 | 2021-11-04 | certified | Assistant Professor, IL | $97,500 |
| A-21141-90370 | 2021-10-27 | certified | Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics/Physician Surgeon, IL | $240,000 |
| A-21087-67406 | 2021-10-14 | certified | Assistant Professor, IL | $100,800 |
| A-21029-47442 | 2021-09-23 | certified | Assistant Professor, IL | $165,000 |
| A-21082-65493 | 2021-08-18 | certified | Director, Project Coordination Services, IL | $163,200 |
| A-21078-64403 | 2021-08-16 | certified | Assistant Professor, IL | $102,113 |
| A-21071-61653 | 2021-08-13 | certified | Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine/Physician Surgeon, IL | $200,000 |
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 35
- South Korea 8
- Canada 7
- China 6
- Guatemala 4
- United Kingdom 4
Worker's education
- Other 45
- Doctorate 42
- Master's 21
- Bachelor's 4
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 106
- TPS 2
- F-1 1
- NOT IN USA 1
Schools
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 13
- UNIVERSIDAD FRANCISCO MARROQUIN 4
- CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY 2
- RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES KARNATAKA 2
- UNIVERITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO 2
- UNIVERSIDAD SANTA MARIA 2
Fields of study
- MEDICINE 34
- DENTISTRY 9
- COMPUTER SCIENCE 6
- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 5
- MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS 4
- MATHEMATICS 4
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 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary, 3 of 15. 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 15 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 3,152. 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 14 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 IL. 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 25, 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.