CVS PHARMACY

544 Green card sponsorships · 3,161 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2026
300,000 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
544 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
3,161 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
$141,219 Median offered wage FY2025 n=18 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 · Software Developers (15-1252.00)

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  • Retail Trade · est. 300,000 U.S. employees
  • 3,705 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

    No percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separately; No share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of them.

    +16% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

    No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — a change between two years is not a count.

    -44% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 27 vs 48 · FY2026 to date: 172

    No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — the two yearly counts behind the change are printed on the card itself.

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% of 255 state-year cells < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Every measurement we computed

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Higher than 0% of employers Denied work-visa filings per employee percentile · Retail Trade of 117 employers reporting headcount · tied with 88 others · 0 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
Higher than 0% of employers Denied work-visa filings per employee percentile · all US of 5,111 employers reporting headcount · tied with 4,398 others · 0 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
0.0% Work-visa filings, denied 0 of 1,253 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Retail Trade 0.1% · US 0.7%
#29 of 117 Denied work-visa filings per employee · Retail Trade 29 of 117 employers reporting headcount, highest first · tied with 88 others · 0 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
#713 of 5,111 Denied work-visa filings per employee · all US 713 of 5,111 employers reporting headcount, highest first · tied with 4,398 others · 0 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

Higher than 0% of employers Denied green-card filings per employee percentile · Retail Trade of 62 employers reporting headcount · tied with 38 others · 0 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
Higher than 0% of employers Denied green-card filings per employee percentile · all US of 1,693 employers reporting headcount · tied with 1,063 others · 0 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
0.0% Green-card filings, denied 0 of 131 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Retail Trade 2.5% · US 4.1%
#24 of 62 Denied green-card filings per employee · Retail Trade 24 of 62 employers reporting headcount, highest first · tied with 38 others · 0 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
#630 of 1,693 Denied green-card filings per employee · all US 630 of 1,693 employers reporting headcount, highest first · tied with 1,063 others · 0 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

Higher than 39% of employers Certified work-visa filings per employee percentile · Retail Trade of 117 employers reporting headcount · 0.14 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.13
Higher than 6% of employers Certified work-visa filings per employee percentile · all US of 5,111 employers reporting headcount · tied with 1 other · 0.14 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.13
99.8% Work-visa filings, certified 1,250 of 1,253 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Retail Trade 96.5% · US 91.9%
#71 of 117 Certified work-visa filings per employee · Retail Trade 71 of 117 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.14 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.13
#4,773 of 5,111 Certified work-visa filings per employee · all US 4,773 of 5,111 employers reporting headcount, highest first · tied with 1 other · 0.14 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.13

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

Higher than 22% of employers Certified green-card filings per employee percentile · Retail Trade of 62 employers reporting headcount · 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: under 0.01
Higher than 3% of employers Certified green-card filings per employee percentile · all US of 1,693 employers reporting headcount · 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: under 0.01
97.7% Green-card filings, certified 128 of 131 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Retail Trade 93.5% · US 91.6%
#48 of 62 Certified green-card filings per employee · Retail Trade 48 of 62 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: under 0.01
#1,632 of 1,693 Certified green-card filings per employee · all US 1,632 of 1,693 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: under 0.01

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

0.2% Work-visa filings, certified-withdrawn 2 of 1,253 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Retail Trade 2.7% · US 5.8%

No percentile or rank — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome; No count — the count is printed on the share card.

0.1% Work-visa filings, withdrawn 1 of 1,253 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Retail Trade 0.7% · US 1.7%

No percentile or rank — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome; No count — the count is printed on the share card.

2.3% Green-card filings, withdrawn 3 of 131 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Retail Trade 4.0% · US 4.3%

No percentile or rank — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome; No count — the count is printed on the share card.

3,705 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

No percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separately; No share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of them.

+16% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — a change between two years is not a count.

Higher than 38% of employers Work-visa filings per employee percentile · Retail Trade of 117 employers reporting headcount · 0.14 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.13
Higher than 6% of employers Work-visa filings per employee percentile · all US of 5,111 employers reporting headcount · 0.14 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.13
85% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 3,161 of this employer's 3,705 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#72 of 117 Work-visa filings per employee · Retail Trade 72 of 117 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.14 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.13
#4,799 of 5,111 Work-visa filings per employee · all US 4,799 of 5,111 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.14 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0.13
3,161 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026
-44% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 27 vs 48 · FY2026 to date: 172

No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — the two yearly counts behind the change are printed on the card itself.

Higher than 22% of employers Green-card filings per employee percentile · Retail Trade of 62 employers reporting headcount · 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: under 0.01
Higher than 2% of employers Green-card filings per employee percentile · all US of 1,693 employers reporting headcount · 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: under 0.01
15% Green-card filings, share of all filings 544 of this employer's 3,705 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#48 of 62 Green-card filings per employee · Retail Trade 48 of 62 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: under 0.01
#1,645 of 1,693 Green-card filings per employee · all US 1,645 of 1,693 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: under 0.01
544 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026

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 →

531 Certified green-card filings certified · FY2008–FY2026
4 Denied 0.7% rate · FY2008–FY2026
9 Withdrawn 1.7% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green-card filings CVS PHARMACY has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q2: 2 filingsFY2012 Q4: 9 filingsFY2013 Q1: 3 filingsFY2013 Q3: 1 filingsFY2015 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q2: 6 filingsFY2015 Q3: 4 filingsFY2015 Q4: 20 filingsFY2016 Q1: 14 filingsFY2016 Q2: 19 filingsFY2016 Q3: 27 filingsFY2016 Q4: 17 filingsFY2017 Q1: 11 filingsFY2017 Q2: 11 filingsFY2017 Q3: 9 filingsFY2017 Q4: 3 filingsFY2018 Q1: 11 filingsFY2018 Q2: 6 filingsFY2018 Q3: 9 filingsFY2018 Q4: 3 filingsFY2019 Q1: 2 filingsFY2019 Q3: 7 filingsFY2019 Q4: 6 filingsFY2020 Q3: 1 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2021 Q2: 2 filingsFY2021 Q3: 8 filingsFY2021 Q4: 2 filingsFY2022 Q1: 6 filingsFY2022 Q2: 5 filingsFY2022 Q3: 7 filingsFY2022 Q4: 4 filingsFY2023 Q1: 9 filingsFY2023 Q2: 11 filingsFY2023 Q3: 21 filingsFY2023 Q4: 15 filingsFY2024 Q1: 3 filingsFY2024 Q2: 13 filingsFY2024 Q3: 32 filingsFY2025 Q1: 27 filingsFY2026 Q1: 30 filingsFY2026 Q2: 121 filingsFY2026 Q3: 21 filings060121FY2008FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Data through FY2026

What this means

CVS PHARMACY applied to sponsor 544 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2026. 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

CVS PHARMACY has filed 10 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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