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Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Western Digital Technologies, Inc. sponsors green cards: it filed 18 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on October 12, 2026. Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has 7 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer · 15% of its filings
Main worksite
Milpitas, CA · 51% of its filings
Industry
Computer Storage Device Manufacturing · NAICS 334112

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Filings

141

#268 of 70,985

Certified

137

0 denied

Approval

100.0%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$135,200

offered, per year

Median days

487

21 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 148 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

7

of 148 tracked cases. The other 141 have been decided.

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

Where those 7 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
7100%

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 148 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 148, 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.

  • G-100-26285-295504 Principal Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering filed 2026-10-12 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26278-281044 Director, Logistics filed 2026-10-05 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26265-253380 Senior Engineer, Industrial Engineering filed 2026-09-22 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26014-557147 Principal Engineer, ASIC Development Engineering filed 2026-01-14 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26013-556947 Senior Manager, Commodity filed 2026-01-13 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26013-556911 Director, Information Technology filed 2026-01-13 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-26009-549656 Scientist 2, Data Science filed 2026-01-09 · ANALYST REVIEW
  • G-100-25352-495374 Staff Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering filed 2025-12-18 · CERTIFIED

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. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

    median of 13 decisions in the last 90 days

    301 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 80,773 cases, and would be decided around March 16, 2027 (between February 24, 2027 and April 25, 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)
141 published
7 pending
$135,200 median, n=141
Prevailing wage requests
209 published
11 pending
$141,107 median, n=208
H-1B labor condition applications
2,841 published
2 pending
$130,000 median, n=2,837

Its median H-1B wage is $130,000 across 2,837 LCAs, 3.8% lower than its median PERM wage of $135,200 across 141 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; 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 Western Digital Technologies, 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: 2,841 LCAs filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., 2,817 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

11,754 positions for new employment, 6,928 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 11,754 · 30%
  • Change of employer 7e 6,928 · 17%
  • Continuing 7b 6,884 · 17%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 6,841 · 17%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 71 · 1%
  • Amended petition 7f 7,301 · 18%

Shares of the 39,754 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 767 · 33%
  • Level II 573 · 24%
  • Level III 443 · 19%
  • Level IV 568 · 24%

Shares of the 2,351 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; 466 of 2,817 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 2,635 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 2,837. 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 2,836 · H-1B1 (Singapore) 5. 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 137 decided PERM cases

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

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    18 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 95% of the 13,965 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    408 certified in the last 24 months

    Higher than 99% of the 27,903 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    20% of 6,282 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 64% of the 5,558 sponsors with 20 or more certified positions.

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

    44% of 364 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 60% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    99.3% of 300 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 58% of the 5,810 sponsors with 20 or more USCIS decisions.

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

487 daysahead of 18%

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 111 and 185 filings.

Their median wait
467 days
This one
487 days

This one sits 20 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 268 of 70,985 by volume: 267 filed at least as many filings, and 70,717 filed no more.

Just above
BDQ, Inc. 142 filings
Just below
Sentech Services, Inc 141 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 · 21 filings, 15% of everything they file

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 65 of 141 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 Storage Device Manufacturing

NAICS 334112 · 141 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

  • California 141
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 141 of 141 filings.

Where the work is

  • Milpitas, CA 72
  • San Jose, CA 50
  • Irvine, CA 10
  • Fremont, CA 5
  • Folsom, CA 3
  • Roseville, CA 1
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 141 of 141 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 141 filings · 100.0% approved
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 141 of 141 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. The Mercury News

    108 cases

  2. The Orange County Register

    9 cases

  3. East Bay Times

    3 cases

  4. The Sacramento Bee

    3 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. Job search websites

    123 cases

  2. Local or ethnic newspapers

    123 cases

  3. Trade or professional organizations

    123 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

    11%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    33%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    33%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    22%

  7. Over 180 days

    0.8%
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

748 PERM decisions from FY2010 to FY2026, busiest in FY2018 with 96.

  • 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 8 0 0
FY2011 21 0 0
FY2012 26 0 0
FY2013 18 0 0
FY2014 28 0 0
FY2015 24 0 0
FY2016 20 0 0
FY2017 42 2 0
FY2018 95 0 1
FY2019 72 0 1
FY2020 61 0 2
FY2021 63 0 1
FY2022 66 0 2
FY2023 54 0 0
FY2024 39 0 4
FY2025 34 0 0
FY2026 64 0 0

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 482. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22279-35071 2023-09-21 certified Senior Engineer, Industrial Engineering, CA $100,885
A-22279-34903 2023-09-21 certified Senior Engineer, Industrial Engineering, CA $101,275
A-22269-28532 2023-09-13 certified Sr. Engineer, Firmware Verification Engineering, CA $118,450
A-22263-25164 2023-09-06 certified Sr. Engineer, Firmware Verification Engineering, CA $116,150
A-22230-08423 2023-08-15 certified Staff Engineer, R&D Engineering, CA $138,450
A-22231-08869 2023-08-15 certified Technologist, QA Engineering, CA $175,000
A-22182-82685 2023-08-09 certified Technologist, Software Development, CA $184,080
A-22181-81642 2023-08-08 certified Staff Engineer, Software Development Engineering (Apps), CA $128,792
The other 17
A-22237-12310 2023-08-04 certified Sr. Engineer, System Design Engineering, CA $115,133
A-22237-12065 2023-08-02 certified Sr. Engineer, Product Design Engineering, CA $124,176
A-22096-36835 2023-08-02 certified Sr. Engineer, Firmware Engineering, CA $130,894
A-22152-64540 2023-08-02 certified Senior Engineer, Industrial Engineering, CA $99,140
A-22082-29679 2023-08-02 certified Senior Engineer, Industrial Engineering, CA $96,034
A-22229-07488 2023-07-19 certified Senior Engineer, Mechanical Design Engineering, CA $104,749
A-22187-84260 2023-07-19 certified Senior Engineer, Electronic Design Engineering, CA $124,176
A-22181-81870 2023-07-19 certified Senior Engineer, Systems Design Engineering, CA $124,176
A-22090-33871 2023-07-17 certified Technologist, Failure Analysis Engineering, CA $139,047
A-22255-19515 2023-07-10 certified Senior Engineer, Firmware Verification Engineering, CA $125,789
A-22243-15177 2023-07-10 certified Analyst 4, CA $157,851
A-22125-50971 2023-07-07 certified Senior Engineer, Industrial Engineering, CA $117,492
A-22118-47651 2023-07-07 certified Manager 3, Commodity, CA $118,800
A-22181-82080 2023-06-07 certified Senior Engineer, Systems Design Engineering, CA $130,894
A-22112-44722 2023-04-27 certified Staff Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering, CA $128,875
A-22075-26221 2023-04-27 certified Senior Engineer, Electronic Design Engineering, CA $116,480
A-22104-41021 2023-04-27 certified Senior Engineer, Systems Design Engineering, CA $130,894

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 293
  • China 89
  • Taiwan 17
  • South Korea 14
  • Malaysia 11
  • Poland 5

Worker's education

  • Master's 335
  • Bachelor's 90
  • Doctorate 52
  • Other 4
  • None 1

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 361
  • F-1 59
  • L-1 47
  • O-1 4
  • H-4 3
  • NOT IN USA 3

Schools

  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 35
  • ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 21
  • SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY 21
  • TEXAS AM UNIVERSITY 17
  • THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 14
  • THE GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 12

Fields of study

  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 92
  • COMPUTER ENGINEERING 28
  • COMPUTER SCIENCE 22
  • ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 18
  • INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 18
  • ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING 15

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, 21 of 141. 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 141 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 268. 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 137 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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