AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS

119 Green card sponsorships · 442 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume Top 1% 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
980 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
12.1% Green-card sponsorship rate 119 green-card filings / 980 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
45.1% Work-visa filing rate 442 work-visa filings / 980 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
57.2% Visa filings vs workforce 561 filings / 980 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

One record, five questions. Ask as many as you like.

  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Retail Trade · est. 980 U.S. employees
  • 3% Green-card filings denied 3 of 119 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    51% Green-card filings certified 61 of 119 green-card filings · last filed Apr 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    Apr 2026 Last filing
    57% Visa filings vs workforce 561 filings / 980 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    +17% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 7 vs 6
    #51 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings 561 filings · last Apr 2026 · #51 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 561 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    119 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    442 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 32% Work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 290 filings / 980 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 32% of 1,751 in Retail Trade with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 29% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Retail Trade 409 filings / 980 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 29% of 7,191 in Retail Trade reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.6% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. 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.
LCA-to-visa realization gap

LCA realization gap: 19.6% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

Immigration How this is calculated →
Work location vs filing location wage differential

61% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (50 of 82 filings)

Worksite differs
61% (50)
Same state
39% (32)

Employer primary state: PENNSYLVANIA · Most common remote worksite: NEW YORK

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 →

61 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
53 Expired 46.5% rate · FY2008–FY2025
3 Denied 2.5% rate · FY2008–FY2025
2 Withdrawn 1.7% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2009 Q1: 2 filingsFY2010 Q1: 11 filingsFY2011 Q1: 3 filingsFY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2013 Q1: 12 filingsFY2015 Q1: 5 filingsFY2015 Q2: 11 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q2: 7 filingsFY2016 Q3: 1 filingsFY2016 Q4: 2 filingsFY2017 Q3: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 16 filingsFY2020 Q1: 1 filingsFY2020 Q3: 3 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 2 filingsFY2021 Q3: 4 filingsFY2021 Q4: 1 filingsFY2022 Q1: 2 filingsFY2022 Q2: 1 filingsFY2022 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q4: 1 filingsFY2023 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 1 filingsFY2023 Q3: 1 filingsFY2023 Q4: 2 filingsFY2024 Q2: 2 filingsFY2024 Q3: 4 filingsFY2025 Q1: 4 filingsFY2025 Q2: 2 filingsFY2025 Q3: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 2 filingsFY2026 Q3: 3 filings0816FY2008FY2011FY2015FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS applied to sponsor 119 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.

Recent layoff notices

AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS has filed 1 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

Similar employers

Other Retail Trade filers with comparable filing volume and pattern score.

Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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