Subsidiary of Amazon.com Services LLC

AMAZON WEB SERVICES LLC

4,621 Green card sponsorships · 25,722 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #14 of 332,896 US employers by PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ + LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ volume
892,003 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
0.52% Green-card sponsorship rate 4,621 green-card filings / 892,003 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
2.9% Work-visa filing rate 25,722 work-visa filings / 892,003 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
3.4% Visa filings vs workforce 30,343 filings / 892,003 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Retail Trade · est. 892,003 U.S. employees
  • 58% Green-card filings certified 2,688 of 4,621 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    10 Green-card filings denied of 4,621 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    139 Green-card filings withdrawn of 4,621 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #2 Green-card + work-visa filings 30,343 filings · last Jun 2026 · #2 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · #14 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    3% Visa filings vs workforce 30,343 filings / 892,003 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    -99% Trend vs last year FY2025 4 vs FY2024 693
    #2 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 30,343 filings · #2 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2025
    #14 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 30,343 filings · #14 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    4,621 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    25,722 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 76% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 23,347 filings / 892,003 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 76% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 89% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 27,968 filings / 892,003 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 89% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.4%, below the 60% we require before pairing layoffs with visa filings for a named employer. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Filing pattern observations

Filing patterns are statistical observations derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. They do not constitute accusations of wrongdoing. Wage levels are determined by the DOL's rigid 5-step NPWC evaluation process based on O*NET Job Zone requirements. Use this information to inform your own due diligence.
Work location vs filing location wage differential

56% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (2,324 of 4,155 filings)

Worksite differs
56% (2,324)
Same state
44% (1,831)

Employer primary state: WASHINGTON · Most common remote worksite: TEXAS

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

76% of 4,153 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 5,848)

Immigration How this is calculated →

Public record data. PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →

Certified

2,688

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ approvals

Expired

1,784

39.9% rate

Denied

10

0.2% rate

Withdrawn

139

3.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications AMAZON WEB SERVICES LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 1 filingsFY2011 Q1: 1 filingsFY2012 Q1: 2 filingsFY2013 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 7 filingsFY2015 Q2: 4 filingsFY2015 Q3: 9 filingsFY2015 Q4: 12 filingsFY2016 Q1: 18 filingsFY2016 Q2: 16 filingsFY2016 Q3: 37 filingsFY2016 Q4: 36 filingsFY2017 Q1: 12 filingsFY2017 Q2: 25 filingsFY2017 Q3: 36 filingsFY2017 Q4: 36 filingsFY2018 Q1: 24 filingsFY2018 Q2: 35 filingsFY2018 Q3: 112 filingsFY2018 Q4: 85 filingsFY2019 Q1: 262 filingsFY2020 Q1: 93 filingsFY2020 Q2: 42 filingsFY2020 Q3: 185 filingsFY2020 Q4: 88 filingsFY2021 Q1: 34 filingsFY2021 Q2: 92 filingsFY2021 Q3: 366 filingsFY2021 Q4: 255 filingsFY2022 Q1: 147 filingsFY2022 Q2: 262 filingsFY2022 Q3: 307 filingsFY2022 Q4: 213 filingsFY2023 Q1: 260 filingsFY2023 Q2: 84 filingsFY2023 Q3: 240 filingsFY2023 Q4: 461 filingsFY2024 Q1: 216 filingsFY2024 Q2: 329 filingsFY2024 Q3: 147 filingsFY2024 Q4: 1 filingsFY2025 Q1: 4 filingsFY2026 Q1: 2 filingsFY2026 Q2: 3 filingsFY2026 Q3: 18 filings0230461FY2008FY2013FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

AMAZON WEB SERVICES LLC applied to sponsor 4,621 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2025. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.

Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.

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