GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
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- Manufacturing · est. 2,324 U.S. employees
- Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% of 255 state-year cells < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
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- Manufacturing · est. 2,324 U.S. employees
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- Manufacturing · est. 2,324 U.S. employees
- History, not a hiring promise.
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- Manufacturing · est. 2,324 U.S. employees
- 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.
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- History, not a hiring promise.
Every measurement we computed
The same for every question above, so it is shown once here. Ranks count filings, never opinions; each card names what it counted and the group it was ranked against.
Public record data. PERM 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 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 →
Filings over time
How many green-card filings GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2009 to today.
What this means
GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. applied to sponsor 550 workers for green cards between 2009 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
GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. has filed 3 WARN 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.
Offered wages on this employer’s filings
Median annual wage this employer offered, by occupation and fiscal year, over its own PERM 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 — beside the prevailing wage the U.S. Department of Labor determined on the same filings. Two separate figures, never a ratio. Hourly, weekly, bi-weekly and monthly wages are converted to an annual figure using the unit DOL printed for that wage. Methodology →
9 further roles in this employer’s most recent complete year are not shown: fewer than five filings per role, which is too few to publish a wage without describing individual people.
| Occupation | Fiscal year | Green-card filings | Median offered | Median prevailing | Wage level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112.00 | FY2026 partial | 6 | $99,082median of 6 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131.00 | FY2026 partial | 6 | $104,181median of 6 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Manufacturing Engineers 17-2112.03 | FY2025 | 5 | $126,672median of 5 filings | not reported | not reported |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | FY2022 | 9 | $97,059median of 9 filings | $97,059median of 9 filings | Level II |
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112 | FY2022 | 5 | $101,400median of 5 filings | $70,429median of 5 filings | Level I |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | FY2021 | 11 | $112,685median of 11 filings | $111,634median of 11 filings | Level II |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131 | FY2021 | 5 | $87,898median of 5 filings | $82,597median of 5 filings | Level II |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | FY2020 | 8 | $110,257median of 8 filings | $106,370median of 8 filings | Level II |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131 | FY2020 | 5 | $100,000median of 5 filings | $87,360median of 5 filings | Level III |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131 | FY2019 | 16 | $86,480median of 16 filings | $79,766median of 16 filings | Level II |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | FY2019 | 8 | $106,149median of 8 filings | $99,866median of 8 filings | N/A |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131 | FY2018 | 22 | $96,527median of 22 filings | $78,437median of 22 filings | Level II |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | FY2018 | 20 | $113,401median of 20 filings | $104,894median of 20 filings | Level IV |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131 | FY2017 | 31 | $104,766median of 31 filings | $78,437median of 31 filings | Level IV |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | FY2017 | 18 | $112,178median of 18 filings | $111,699median of 18 filings | Level IV |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131 | FY2016 | 56 | $102,216median of 56 filings | $94,411median of 56 filings | Level IV |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | FY2016 | 22 | $101,299median of 22 filings | $85,852median of 22 filings | Level III |
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112 | FY2016 | 9 | $94,890median of 9 filings | $81,085median of 9 filings | Level II |
| Materials Engineers 17-2131 | FY2015 | 31 | $91,957median of 31 filings | $91,957median of 31 filings | Level IV |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | FY2015 | 15 | $90,709median of 15 filings | $90,709median of 15 filings | Level IV |
| Industrial Engineers 17-2112 | FY2015 | 10 | $83,927median of 10 filings | $83,927median of 10 filings | Level IV |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers 9041-11-01 00:00:00 | FY2015 | 7 | $120,231median of 7 filings | $114,971median of 7 filings | Level III |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 | FY2012 | 8 | $92,914median of 8 filings | $92,914median of 8 filings | Level IV |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072.00 | FY2012 | 7 | $112,716median of 7 filings | $112,715median of 7 filings | Level III |
“Not reported” means the Department of Labor published no such figure on those filings — from FY2025 its PERM 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 ↗ disclosure file carries the employer’s offered wage only, with no prevailing-wage determination and no wage level. It does not mean the figure is unknown to us; it means DOL did not publish one.
Wage & Hour Enforcement
Source: DOL Wage & Hour Division WHISARD concluded compliance actions since FY2005. Back wages, civil money penalties, and employees affected, broken down by statute (FLSA, H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ , H-2A, H-2B, SCA, Davis-Bacon, FMLA). Data mirrored nightly from the WHISARD dataset.
USCIS H-1B petition outcomes
Source: USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub. Petition decisions by fiscal year.
H-1B petition decisions as a share of certified work-visa filings
9.5%: 253 USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition decisions and 2,663 certified LCAs, counted separately.
| FY | Initial petitions approved | Initial petitions denied | Renewal petitions approved | Renewal petitions denied | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 32 | 1 | 62 | 1 | 96 |
| 2020 | 51 | 3 | 65 | 3 | 122 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 132 | 2 | 71 | 1 | 206 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 fiscal years of USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ petition data. Data from USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ H-1B H-1B — H-1B Specialty Occupation Temporary employer-sponsored visa for degree-level specialty roles; 85K annual cap via lotteryJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOLCap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS) (you are here)Nonimmigrant/temporary — never "immigrant worker"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Employer Data Hub.
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