HOSPIRA, INC.

73 Green card sponsorships · 275 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2018
Filing volume Top 3% 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
8,507 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2018
0.86% Green-card sponsorship rate 73 green-card filings / 8,507 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
3.2% Work-visa filing rate 275 work-visa filings / 8,507 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount
4.1% Visa filings vs workforce 348 filings / 8,507 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Manufacturing · est. 8,507 U.S. employees
  • 36% Green-card filings certified 26 of 73 green-card filings · last filed Jul 2018 · FY2008–FY2018
    3 Green-card filings denied of 73 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2018 filings
    8 Green-card filings withdrawn of 73 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2018 filings
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings 348 filings · last Jul 2018 · Top 4% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2018
    4% Visa filings vs workforce 348 filings / 8,507 employees · FY2008–FY2018 filings vs FY2018 self-reported headcount
    -75% Trend vs last year FY2018 3 vs FY2017 12
    Top 4% Green-card + work-visa filings, Manufacturing 348 filings · Top 4% of 22,526 in Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2018
    Top 3% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 348 filings · Top 3% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2018
    73 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2018
    275 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2018
    Top 78% Green-card filings per employee, Manufacturing 73 filings / 8,507 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 78% of 13,050 in Manufacturing with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2018
    Top 87% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 73 filings / 8,507 employees (2018, self-reported) · Top 87% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2018
  • Layoff notices are withheld here: our WARN coverage is 4.5%, 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.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 982 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to CHINA, COSTA RICA, INDIA | PERM: 14 filings from CHINA, INDIA

Temporal 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

26

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

36

58.1% rate

Denied

3

4.1% rate

Withdrawn

8

11.0% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications HOSPIRA, INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2009 Q1: 7 filingsFY2010 Q1: 3 filingsFY2011 Q1: 3 filingsFY2012 Q1: 2 filingsFY2013 Q1: 5 filingsFY2015 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q2: 4 filingsFY2015 Q3: 4 filingsFY2015 Q4: 10 filingsFY2016 Q1: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 7 filingsFY2016 Q3: 6 filingsFY2016 Q4: 2 filingsFY2017 Q1: 7 filingsFY2017 Q2: 2 filingsFY2017 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q4: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 1 filingsFY2018 Q4: 2 filings0510FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

HOSPIRA, INC. applied to sponsor 73 workers for green cards between 2008 and 2018. 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

HOSPIRA, INC. has filed 3 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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