MERCK SHARP DOHME CORP

169 Green card sponsorships · 1,302 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2012–FY2026
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
5,740 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
169 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
1,302 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

What this means for you

One record, five questions. Ask as many as you like.

  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Professional Services · est. 5,740 U.S. employees
  • 2% Green-card filings denied 3 of 169 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2026 filings
    3 Green-card filings denied FY2012–FY2026 filings
    60% Green-card filings certified 102 of 169 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2012–FY2026
    102 Green-card filings certified FY2012–FY2026
    Jun 2026 Last filing

    2 more: ranks, percentiles, shares, per-employee.

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.8% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • 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.

Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, Professional Services 1,471 filings · Top 1% of 46,637 in Professional Services · FY2012–FY2026
Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 1,471 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2026
#206 of 46,637 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2012–FY2026 filings
#523 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2026 filings
1,471 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2012–FY2026 filings
25.6% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 1,471 filings / 5,740 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026 filings
Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2012–FY2026 filings
89% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 1,302 of this employer's 1,471 · FY2012–FY2026 filings
#360 of 36,303 Work-visa filings rank · Professional Services FY2012–FY2026 filings
#699 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2026 filings
1,302 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2026
22.7% Work-visa filings per employee 1,302 filings / 5,740 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026 filings
Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2012–FY2026 filings
11% Green-card filings, share of all filings 169 of this employer's 1,471 · FY2012–FY2026 filings
#392 of 46,514 Green-card filings rank · Professional Services FY2012–FY2026 filings
#988 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2026 filings
169 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2026
2.9% Green-card filings per employee 169 filings / 5,740 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2026 filings
Top 80% Green-card filings per employee, Professional Services 169 filings / 5,740 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 80% of 28,564 in Professional Services with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–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 →

102 Certified green-card approvals · FY2012–FY2026
55 Expired 35.0% rate · FY2012–FY2026
3 Denied 1.8% rate · FY2012–FY2026
9 Withdrawn 5.3% rate · FY2012–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications MERCK SHARP DOHME CORP has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2013 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q2: 4 filingsFY2015 Q3: 9 filingsFY2015 Q4: 2 filingsFY2016 Q1: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 1 filingsFY2016 Q3: 6 filingsFY2016 Q4: 1 filingsFY2017 Q1: 3 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2017 Q3: 4 filingsFY2017 Q4: 4 filingsFY2018 Q1: 2 filingsFY2018 Q2: 6 filingsFY2018 Q3: 2 filingsFY2018 Q4: 5 filingsFY2019 Q1: 15 filingsFY2020 Q2: 4 filingsFY2020 Q3: 4 filingsFY2021 Q1: 2 filingsFY2021 Q3: 15 filingsFY2021 Q4: 3 filingsFY2022 Q1: 7 filingsFY2022 Q2: 9 filingsFY2022 Q3: 5 filingsFY2022 Q4: 3 filingsFY2023 Q1: 1 filingsFY2023 Q2: 2 filingsFY2023 Q3: 2 filingsFY2023 Q4: 2 filingsFY2024 Q1: 1 filingsFY2024 Q3: 3 filingsFY2025 Q2: 6 filingsFY2025 Q3: 10 filingsFY2025 Q4: 4 filingsFY2026 Q1: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 5 filingsFY2026 Q3: 4 filings0715FY2013FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

MERCK SHARP DOHME CORP applied to sponsor 169 workers for green cards between 2012 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

MERCK SHARP DOHME CORP has filed 1 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.

Similar employers

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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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