Caterpillar Inc

682 Green card sponsorships · 4,185 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume Top 0.1% 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
1,732 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
682 Green-card filings 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 ↗ filings on record
4,185 Work-visa filings 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 ↗ filings on record

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Manufacturing · est. 1,732 U.S. employees
  • 2% Green-card filings denied 12 of 682 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    64% Green-card filings certified 436 of 682 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    +1,000% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 77 vs 7
    #25 of 22,526 Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 4,867 filings · #25 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 0.1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 4,867 filings · Top 0.1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    682 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    4,185 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 9% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 682 filings / 1,732 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 9% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    14% Green-card filings, share of all filings 682 of this employer's 4,867 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #195 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #42 of 22,482 Green-card filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2025 filings
    39.4% Green-card filings per employee 682 filings / 1,732 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    86% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 4,185 of this employer's 4,867 · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #159 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #17 of 13,792 Work-visa filings rank · Manufacturing FY2008–FY2025 filings
    241.6% Work-visa filings per employee 4,185 filings / 1,732 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    4,867 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings percentile · all US of 332,896 employers · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #181 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2025 filings
    281.0% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 4,867 filings / 1,732 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025 filings

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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 →

436 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
219 Expired 33.4% rate · FY2008–FY2025
12 Denied 1.8% rate · FY2008–FY2025
15 Withdrawn 2.2% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications Caterpillar Inc has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 73 filingsFY2009 Q1: 5 filingsFY2010 Q1: 3 filingsFY2011 Q1: 71 filingsFY2012 Q1: 72 filingsFY2013 Q1: 6 filingsFY2015 Q1: 5 filingsFY2015 Q2: 11 filingsFY2015 Q3: 3 filingsFY2015 Q4: 11 filingsFY2016 Q1: 7 filingsFY2016 Q2: 15 filingsFY2016 Q3: 33 filingsFY2016 Q4: 16 filingsFY2017 Q1: 7 filingsFY2017 Q4: 5 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q2: 8 filingsFY2018 Q3: 14 filingsFY2018 Q4: 6 filingsFY2019 Q1: 41 filingsFY2020 Q1: 5 filingsFY2020 Q2: 7 filingsFY2020 Q3: 5 filingsFY2021 Q1: 13 filingsFY2021 Q2: 6 filingsFY2021 Q3: 19 filingsFY2021 Q4: 5 filingsFY2022 Q2: 2 filingsFY2022 Q3: 1 filingsFY2022 Q4: 2 filingsFY2023 Q1: 4 filingsFY2023 Q2: 2 filingsFY2023 Q3: 17 filingsFY2023 Q4: 3 filingsFY2024 Q2: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 6 filingsFY2025 Q1: 3 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filingsFY2025 Q3: 72 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1 filingsFY2026 Q1: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 11 filingsFY2026 Q3: 80 filings04080FY2008FY2011FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

Caterpillar Inc applied to sponsor 682 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

Caterpillar Inc has filed 20 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.

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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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