IBM Corporation

4,521 Green card sponsorships · 42,216 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2025
Filing volume #15 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
10,352 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
43.7% Green-card sponsorship rate 4,521 green-card filings / 10,352 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
407.8% Work-visa application rate 42,216 work-visa filings / 10,352 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
451.5% Visa applications vs workforce Combined visa applications vs total workforce · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Professional Services · est. 10,352 U.S. employees
  • 48% Green-card filings certified 2,155 of 4,521 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    246 Applications denied of 4,521 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    54 Applications withdrawn of 4,521 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    #10 Green-card + work-visa filings 46,737 filings · last Jun 2026 · #10 of 46,637 in Professional Services · #15 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    451% Visa filings vs workforce 46,737 filings / 10,352 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    -16% Trend vs last year FY2025 305 vs FY2024 362
    #10 Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 46,737 filings · #10 of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2008–FY2025
    #15 Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 46,737 filings · #15 of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    4,521 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    42,216 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 21% Work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 23,405 filings / 10,352 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 21% of 20,916 in Professional Services with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 16% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Professional Services 27,926 filings / 10,352 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 16% of 28,564 in Professional Services reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • 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.
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 1,693 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, BRAZIL, CHINA, CHINA, COSTA RICA, INDIA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, PHILIPPINES, POLAND | PERM: 2674 filings from ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHINA, INDIA, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, PHILIPPINES, POLAND

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

97% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (3,327 of 3,442 filings)

Worksite differs
97% (3,327)
Same state
3% (115)

Employer primary state: NORTH CAROLINA · Most common remote worksite: NEW YORK

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

79% of 3,106 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 6,263)

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

2,155

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

2,066

48.9% rate

Denied

246

5.4% rate

Withdrawn

54

1.2% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications IBM Corporation has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 94 filingsFY2009 Q1: 101 filingsFY2010 Q1: 258 filingsFY2011 Q1: 203 filingsFY2012 Q1: 140 filingsFY2013 Q1: 169 filingsFY2015 Q1: 63 filingsFY2015 Q2: 53 filingsFY2015 Q3: 62 filingsFY2015 Q4: 82 filingsFY2016 Q1: 56 filingsFY2016 Q2: 65 filingsFY2016 Q3: 81 filingsFY2016 Q4: 63 filingsFY2017 Q1: 87 filingsFY2017 Q2: 46 filingsFY2017 Q3: 69 filingsFY2017 Q4: 32 filingsFY2018 Q1: 35 filingsFY2018 Q2: 83 filingsFY2018 Q3: 103 filingsFY2018 Q4: 72 filingsFY2019 Q1: 218 filingsFY2020 Q1: 18 filingsFY2020 Q2: 36 filingsFY2020 Q3: 92 filingsFY2020 Q4: 35 filingsFY2021 Q1: 40 filingsFY2021 Q2: 31 filingsFY2021 Q3: 86 filingsFY2021 Q4: 85 filingsFY2022 Q1: 55 filingsFY2022 Q2: 157 filingsFY2022 Q3: 153 filingsFY2022 Q4: 123 filingsFY2023 Q1: 82 filingsFY2023 Q2: 106 filingsFY2023 Q3: 195 filingsFY2023 Q4: 148 filingsFY2024 Q1: 106 filingsFY2024 Q2: 147 filingsFY2024 Q3: 108 filingsFY2024 Q4: 1 filingsFY2025 Q1: 17 filingsFY2025 Q2: 115 filingsFY2025 Q3: 87 filingsFY2025 Q4: 86 filingsFY2026 Q1: 32 filingsFY2026 Q2: 65 filingsFY2026 Q3: 80 filings0129258FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2024FY2025FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

IBM Corporation applied to sponsor 4,521 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

IBM Corporation has filed 9 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.

Subsidiaries 3

Combined: 3,704 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 ↗ + 32,417 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

Subsidiary vs All vs Industry Trend (8Q) Green card sponsorships Temporary work filings Employees
Red Hat, Inc.
-- -- 343 1,434 2,000
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
-- -- 0 7,941 270,300
The Weather Company LLC
-- -- 0 8 —

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