GOLDMAN SACHS CO. LLC

1,235 Green card sponsorships · 7,335 Temporary work filings · Finance & Insurance · FY2008–FY2021
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
11,675 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2021
10.6% Green-card sponsorship rate 1,235 green-card filings / 11,675 employees · FY2008–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
62.8% Work-visa filing rate 7,335 work-visa filings / 11,675 employees · FY2008–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount
73.4% Visa filings vs workforce 8,570 filings / 11,675 employees · FY2008–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Finance & Insurance · est. 11,675 U.S. employees
  • 54% Green-card filings certified 668 of 1,235 green-card filings · last filed Dec 2020 · FY2008–FY2021
    62 Green-card filings denied of 1,235 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    109 Green-card filings withdrawn of 1,235 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2021 filings
    #48 Green-card + work-visa filings 8,570 filings · last Dec 2020 · #48 of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2021
    73% Visa filings vs workforce 8,570 filings / 11,675 employees · FY2008–FY2021 filings vs FY2021 self-reported headcount
    -90% Trend vs last year FY2021 1 vs FY2020 10
    #48 Green-card + work-visa filings, Finance & Insurance 8,570 filings · #48 of 8,325 in Finance & Insurance · FY2008–FY2021
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 8,570 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2021
    1,235 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2021
    7,335 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2021
    Top 38% Green-card filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 1,235 filings / 11,675 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 38% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2021
    Top 61% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Finance & Insurance 1,235 filings / 11,675 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 61% of 5,190 in Finance & Insurance reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2021
  • 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.
Filing name variation with performance delta

Filed under 4 legal-name variations with denial rates from 6.1% to 34.8% (delta 28.7 pp)

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO.
6.1% (444)
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
34.8% (99)
GOLDMAN,SACHS & CO.
21.4% (34)
GOLDMAN SACHS CO.
10.0% (11)

Spread: 6.1% to 34.8% (28.7 pp delta)

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

36% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (210 of 589 filings)

Worksite differs
36% (210)
Same state
64% (379)

Employer primary state: NY · 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 →

Certified

668

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

396

37.2% rate

Denied

62

5.0% rate

Withdrawn

109

8.8% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications GOLDMAN SACHS CO. LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 29 filingsFY2009 Q1: 44 filingsFY2010 Q1: 115 filingsFY2011 Q1: 147 filingsFY2012 Q1: 58 filingsFY2013 Q1: 62 filingsFY2015 Q1: 113 filingsFY2015 Q2: 40 filingsFY2015 Q3: 36 filingsFY2015 Q4: 77 filingsFY2016 Q1: 15 filingsFY2016 Q2: 20 filingsFY2016 Q3: 81 filingsFY2016 Q4: 26 filingsFY2017 Q1: 18 filingsFY2017 Q2: 18 filingsFY2017 Q3: 70 filingsFY2017 Q4: 32 filingsFY2018 Q1: 6 filingsFY2018 Q2: 13 filingsFY2018 Q3: 67 filingsFY2018 Q4: 33 filingsFY2019 Q1: 104 filingsFY2020 Q1: 8 filingsFY2020 Q2: 2 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filings073147FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

GOLDMAN SACHS CO. LLC applied to sponsor 1,235 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2021. 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

GOLDMAN SACHS CO. LLC has filed 7 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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