PERM Tracker
Live DOL data · Automatic deadlines
Skip to main content

Updated

PERM sponsor, #590 of 70,985 by filings

Whirlpool Corporation

Whirlpool Corporation sponsors green cards: it filed 14 PERM cases in the last 12 months, the newest on October 12, 2026. Whirlpool Corporation has 12 PERM cases waiting with DOL.

Main job
Mechanical Engineers · 13% of its filings
Main worksite
Benton Harbor, MI · 63% of its filings
Industry
Major Household Appliance Manufacturing · NAICS 33522

Waiting on a case with Whirlpool Corporation?

  • When it'll likely be decided
  • An email when DOL moves it

It's on your ETA-9089 receipt. It goes into the page's address, so you can bookmark the result.

Don't have the number? Find it among their filings.

Or follow this employer by email

This rate is level with the field

Over 62 decided filings, this rate can't be told apart from the field in either direction.

Why

The 95% interval runs up to a 5.8% denial rate, which still covers the 3.20% the field as a whole records.

Filings

64

#590 of 70,985

Certified

62

0 denied

Approval

100.0%

field 96.8%

Median wage

$96,491

offered, per year

Median days

493

27 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 69 cases in the live tracker

Waiting on a decision

12

of 69 tracked cases. The other 57 have been decided.

The oldest one still waiting was filed March 7, 2025, 19 months ago.

Where those 12 are standing

ANALYST REVIEW
1083%

A Department of Labor analyst has the application. This is the main queue, and it is where most pending PERM cases sit.

RECONSIDERATION APPEALS
217%

The employer has asked the same officer who denied the case to look at it again, within 30 days of the denial. The request can only use documents DOL already had, so new evidence can't be added to fix what the denial was based on.

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 69 of this sponsor's cases: read this share against 69, never against the lifetime filings above. Live case tracker, as of October 23, 2026

Follow Whirlpool Corporation

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.

You confirm by email first. One click turns it off.

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.

How long it takes

How long their cases are taking

  1. Every employer

    median of 31,712 decisions in the same 90 days

    301 days

Only 4 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 79,711 cases, and would be decided around March 20, 2027 (between February 28, 2027 and April 29, 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)
64 published
12 pending
$96,491 median, n=64
Prevailing wage requests
66 published
7 pending
$98,946 median, n=64
H-1B labor condition applications
505 published
0 pending
$111,395 median, n=504

Its median H-1B wage is $111,395 across 504 LCAs, 15% higher than its median PERM wage of $96,491 across 64 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.

Of its 12 pending PERM cases, 2 (17%) sit outside DOL's normal queue: 2 under appeal. Where that sits among every employer.

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 Whirlpool 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: 505 LCAs filed by Whirlpool Corporation, 460 of them certified with the worker breakdown on Form ETA-9035.

New hires and transfers

132 positions for new employment, 54 moving here from another employer.

  • New employment 7a 132 · 29%
  • Change of employer 7e 54 · 12%
  • Continuing 7b 15 · 3%
  • Change in previous employment 7c 163 · 35%
  • Concurrent employment 7d 0 · 0%
  • Amended petition 7f 98 · 21%

Shares of the 460 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 49 · 11%
  • Level II 237 · 52%
  • Level III 60 · 13%
  • Level IV 112 · 24%

Shares of the 458 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; 2 of 460 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 18, 2026. Declared H-1B-dependent on 0 of 473 LCAs, and a willful violator on 0 of 499. 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 499 · E-3 (Australia) 4 · 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

    100.0% of 62 decided PERM cases

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

  • PERM filings in the last 12 months

    14 filed in the last 12 months

    Higher than 93% of the 14,032 sponsors that filed in the last 12 months.

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

    90 certified in the last 24 months

    Higher than 96% of the 27,861 sponsors with a certified LCA in the last 24 months.

  • Share of H-1B positions that were transfers

    5.0% of 100 certified H-1B positions, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

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

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

    49% of 98 certified LCAs with a level, LCAs decided Jun 2024 to Jun 2026

    Higher than 65% of the 5,177 sponsors with 20 or more leveled LCAs.

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

    97.5% of 122 USCIS decisions

    Higher than 37% 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

493 daysahead of 11%

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 59 and 70 filings.

Their median wait
467 days
This one
493 days

This one sits 26 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 590 of 70,985 by volume: 589 filed at least as many filings, and 70,395 filed no more.

Just above
KPIT TECHNOLOGIES INC 64 filings
Just below
Covidien LP 64 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 Mechanical Engineers, 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

Mechanical Engineers

SOC 17-2141.00 · 8 filings, 13% of everything they file

How this is counted

These are the 6 occupations with the most filings, 31 of 64 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

Major Household Appliance Manufacturing

NAICS 33522 · 64 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

  • Michigan 52
  • Iowa 3
  • Massachusetts 3
  • Ohio 2
  • Oklahoma 2
  • Illinois 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 63 of 64 filings.

Where the work is

  • Benton Harbor, MI 40
  • St. Joseph, MI 8
  • Saint Joseph, MI 4
  • Fall River, MA 3
  • Amana, IA 2
  • Tulsa, OK 2
How this is counted

The worksite city on the application, which is where the job is. These 6 cities cover 59 of 64 filings.

Who files for them

  1. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 64 filings · 100.0% approved
How this is counted

The law firm named on the application. 64 of 64 filings, 100% of the total.

Newspapers it advertised in

  1. Detroit Free Press

    41 cases

  2. Tulsa World

    2 cases

  3. Chattanooga Times Free Press

    1 cases

  4. Chicago Sun-Times

    1 cases

  5. Fall River Herald News

    1 cases

  6. The Gazette

    1 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

    49 cases

  2. Job search websites

    49 cases

  3. Trade or professional organizations

    44 cases

  4. Local or ethnic newspapers

    5 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

    8.2%

  4. 90 to 119 days

    27%

  5. 120 to 149 days

    24%

  6. 150 to 180 days

    41%

  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 2008

479 PERM decisions from FY2008 to FY2026, busiest in FY2018 with 55.

  • 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 11 0 2
FY2009 12 1 0
FY2010 15 0 1
FY2011 16 0 0
FY2012 13 1 0
FY2013 8 1 0
FY2014 40 0 1
FY2015 32 1 0
FY2016 50 0 1
FY2017 39 1 0
FY2018 55 0 0
FY2019 28 0 1
FY2020 17 2 0
FY2021 19 1 0
FY2022 17 0 1
FY2023 28 0 0
FY2024 15 0 0
FY2025 31 0 1
FY2026 16 0 1

Decided in FY2016 to FY2023

The 25 most recent of 260. Case numbers from these years start with A-; look one up for DOL's full record.

Case Decided Outcome Job Offered wage
A-22253-19412 2023-08-02 certified Analyst, Engineering, IA $73,278
A-22252-19326 2023-08-02 certified Analyst, Engineering, MI $54,517
A-22252-19288 2023-08-02 certified Manager, Engineering, MI $120,994
A-22210-97192 2023-07-17 certified Manager, Product Development, MI $117,600
A-22255-20015 2023-07-10 certified Senior Sales Manager, MI $142,750
A-22112-45100 2023-05-31 certified Senior Analyst, Supply & Logistics, MI $78,312
A-22161-70175 2023-04-20 certified Senior Analyst, Engineering, MI $54,517
A-22165-71393 2023-04-20 certified Analyst, Engineering, OH $81,494
The other 17
A-22161-69883 2023-04-20 certified Manager, Information Systems, MI $71,656
A-22154-65935 2023-03-30 certified Senior Brand Manager – Brand Marketing, MI $147,701
A-22076-26986 2023-03-21 certified Sr. Analyst, Data Science, MI $60,133
A-22082-29762 2023-03-21 certified Senior Manager, Quality, OK $135,075
A-22160-69323 2023-03-14 certified Analyst, Electrical Engineering, MI $72,301
A-22139-58033 2023-02-16 certified Senior Manager Systems Engineering, MI $96,450
A-22138-57413 2023-02-08 certified Manager, Merchandising, MI $86,466
A-22091-34694 2023-01-09 certified Manager, Information Systems, MI $83,200
A-22098-38245 2023-01-04 certified Electronic and Electrical Subsystem, Lab Engineer (Electrical Engineer I), MI $74,859
A-22101-39070 2023-01-04 certified HRIS Manager – Service NOW, Human Resources Technology Architect, MI $83,200
A-22101-38897 2023-01-04 certified HRIS Senior Analyst, MI $60,133
A-22098-38362 2023-01-04 certified Senior Analyst, Information Systems, MI $83,200
A-22081-29091 2022-12-16 certified Senior Analyst, Engineering, MI $74,859
A-22081-29219 2022-12-16 certified Manager, Engineering, IA $108,077
A-22076-27180 2022-11-22 certified Senior Analyst, Engineering, MI $87,027
A-22070-24076 2022-11-22 certified KASA Product Marketing Director, MI $149,500
A-22073-24946 2022-11-21 certified Senior Analyst, Procurement, MI $78,312

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 110
  • Brazil 65
  • Mexico 33
  • China 14
  • Sweden 5
  • Canada 4

Worker's education

  • Bachelor's 133
  • Master's 108
  • Doctorate 9
  • None 7
  • Other 3

Visa held when filed

  • H-1B 139
  • L-1 117
  • F-1 1
  • L-2 1
  • TN 1

Schools

  • UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON 11
  • UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA 8
  • UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE SANTA CATARINA 6
  • OSMANIA UNIVERSITY 5
  • PURDUE UNIVERSITY 5
  • ANNA UNIVERSITY 4

Fields of study

  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 60
  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 27
  • BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 21
  • INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING 18
  • ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 12
  • ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 9

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 Mechanical Engineers, 8 of 64. 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 64 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 590. 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 62 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 MI. 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 23, 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.

Cite this page