Does PFIZER INC sponsor green cards?

PFIZER INC has 112 PERM (green-card) filings with the U.S. Department of Labor based on public disclosure data.

How many H-1B visas does PFIZER INC sponsor?

PFIZER INC has 1,482 LCA (work-visa) filings, the Department of Labor step before an H-1B or other non-immigrant worker petition to USCIS.

What is PFIZER INC's government approval rate?

Across 112 PERM filings, PFIZER INC has a U.S. Department of Labor approval rate of 100.0% (denial rate 0.0%).

How long has PFIZER INC been filing with the U.S. Department of Labor?

Public DOL records for PFIZER INC cover fiscal years 2008 through 2026.

PFIZER INC

112 Green card sponsorships · 1,482 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2008–FY2026

1,918 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025

112 Green-card filings 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 jobI-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

1,482 Work-visa filings 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 DOLCap 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

$85,200 Median offered wage FY2015 n=9 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 jobI-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 · BIOCHEMISTS AND BIOPHYSICISTS (19-1021)

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Manufacturing · est. 1,918 U.S. employees
1,594 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

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+6% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

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FY2026 Last work-visa filing

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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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0.0% Work-visa filings, denied 0 of 223 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 0.2% · US 0.7% · #98 of 623 in Manufacturing · #713 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

0.0% Green-card filings, denied 0 of 6 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 2.2% · US 4.1%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank — 6 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

91.0% Work-visa filings, certified 203 of 223 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 93.4% · US 91.9% · #509 of 623 in Manufacturing · #4,650 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

83.3% Green-card filings, certified 5 of 6 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 93.2% · US 91.6%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank — 6 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

99% USCIS H-1B petitions approved 66 of 67 petitions decided · initial and continuing combined · USCIS H-1B petitions · FY2022-FY2023 · Manufacturing 98.0% · US 97.6%

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7.2% Work-visa filings, certified-withdrawn 16 of 223 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 5.2% · US 5.8%

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1.8% Work-visa filings, withdrawn 4 of 223 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 1.1% · US 1.7%

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16.7% Green-card filings, withdrawn 1 of 6 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 4.7% · US 4.3%

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1,594 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

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FY2026 Last work-visa filing

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FY2026 Last green-card filing

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+6% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

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0.23 per 100 employees Work-visa filings per employee 223 filings · mean of 2 years, FY2023 and FY2024 · FY2024: 0.27Manufacturing 1.3 · US 4.8 · #509 of 623 in Manufacturing · #4,652 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

6 Green-card filings FY2023-FY2025

No per-employee rank — 6 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

13:1 Temp-to-perm 1,482 work visas / 112 green cards · FY2008–FY2026

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$43,930 Median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists FY2008–FY2026

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0.0% Work-visa filings, denied 0 of 223 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 0.2% · US 0.7% · #98 of 623 in Manufacturing · #713 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

0.0% Green-card filings, denied 0 of 6 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 2.2% · US 4.1%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank — 6 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

91.0% Work-visa filings, certified 203 of 223 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 93.4% · US 91.9% · #509 of 623 in Manufacturing · #4,650 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

83.3% Green-card filings, certified 5 of 6 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 93.2% · US 91.6%

No count — the count is printed on the share card; no per-employee rank — 6 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

7.2% Work-visa filings, certified-withdrawn 16 of 223 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 5.2% · US 5.8%

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1.8% Work-visa filings, withdrawn 4 of 223 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 1.1% · US 1.7%

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16.7% Green-card filings, withdrawn 1 of 6 filings · FY2023-FY2025Manufacturing 4.7% · US 4.3%

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1,594 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings

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+6% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

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0.23 per 100 employees Work-visa filings per employee 223 filings · mean of 2 years, FY2023 and FY2024 · FY2024: 0.27Manufacturing 1.3 · US 4.8 · #509 of 623 in Manufacturing · #4,652 of 5,111 in US (per employee)

6 Green-card filings FY2023-FY2025

No per-employee rank — 6 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.

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 →

94 Certified green-card filings certified · FY2008–FY2026

3 Denied 2.7% rate · FY2008–FY2026

15 Withdrawn 13.4% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green-card filings PFIZER INC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

What this means

PFIZER INC applied to sponsor 112 workers for green cards between 2008 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

PFIZER INC has filed 20 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 →

2 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.

Median offered and prevailing annual wages by occupation and fiscal year. Sortable by occupation, fiscal year and filing count only.
Occupation	Fiscal year	Green-card filings	Median offered	Median prevailing	Wage level
BIOCHEMISTS AND BIOPHYSICISTS 19-1021	FY2015	9	$85,200median of 9 filings	$58,510median of 9 filings	Level I
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042.00	FY2008	18	$78,181median of 18 filings	$43,930median of 18 filings	LEVEL I

“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.

No concluded Back wages Back wages — Wage & Hour Division FLSA findings Money owed to workers after a DOL wage-and-hour investigation or settlementCivil, not criminal; includes settlements + PAID self-reports; back wages ≠ fines. Use this label rather than the colloquial criminal-sounding one (§3)Official source ↗ enforcement actions found for this employer in the WHISARD dataset (FY2005-present).

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

31.5%

395 decisions / 1,253 certified LCAs

Total USCIS USCIS — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Reviews petitions and grants immigration statusNot ICE/CBPOfficial source ↗ decisions

395

390 initial approvals, 5 initial denials

Worker retention pattern

0.35:1

initial approvals per continuing approval, 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)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 ↗ hub, FY2021-FY2023

100.0% initial approval rate: 30 of 30 initial petitions approved, FY2021-FY2023

FY	Initial petitions approved	Initial petitions denied	Renewal petitions approved	Renewal petitions denied	Total
2023	1	0	8	1	10
2022	21	0	36	0	57
2021	8	0	43	0	51
2020	28	0	40	1	69
2019	21	0	52	3	76
2018	30	1	29	0	60
2017	14	0	33	0	47
2016	17	0	37	0	54
2015	17	1	20	3	41
2014	16	0	55	2	73
2013	31	0	31	3	65
2012	33	1	21	2	57
2011	79	0	42	0	121
2010	47	2	28	0	77
2009	27	0	41	2	70

15 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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