Publishers Clearing House LLC

45 Green card sponsorships · 189 Temporary work filings · Professional Services · FY2008–FY2025
316 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
45 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
189 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
$115,837 Median offered wage FY2018 n=8 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 · Software Developers, Applications (15-1132)

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  • Professional Services · est. 316 U.S. employees
  • Green-card + work-visa filings⁠Green-card + work-visa filingsNo percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separatelyNo share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of themSource: DOL disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ 234 FY2008–FY2025 filings
    Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024⁠Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's sizeNo count — a change between two years is not a countSource: DOL LCA disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ +117% FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year
    Last work-visa filing⁠Last work-visa filingNo percentile — a date has no percentileNo share — a date has no shareNo rank — a date has no rankSource: DOL disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ FY2025
  • 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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Every measurement we computed

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0.0% Work visas denied⁠Work visas deniedPublishers Clearing House LLC = 0.0%: 0 of its 28 work-visa filings denied, FY2023-25.Professional Services = 0.2%: all Professional Services employers' work-visa filings denied, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).All U.S. = 0.7%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings denied, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank: #306 of 2,633 in Professional Services · #713 of 5,111 in the U.S. (per employee).Source: DOL LCA disclosure data, case statusOfficial source ↗ 0 of 28 filings · FY2023-25
0.0% Green cards denied⁠Green cards deniedPublishers Clearing House LLC = 0.0%: 0 of its 4 green-card filings denied, FY2023-25.Professional Services = 2.6%: all Professional Services employers' green-card filings denied, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).All U.S. = 4.1%: every U.S. employer's green-card filings denied, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank: none — 4 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.Source: DOL PERM disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ 0 of 4 filings · FY2023-25
42.9% Work visas certified⁠Work visas certifiedPublishers Clearing House LLC = 42.9%: 12 of its 28 work-visa filings certified, FY2023-25.Professional Services = 93.8%: all Professional Services employers' work-visa filings certified, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).All U.S. = 91.9%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings certified, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank: #2,404 of 2,633 in Professional Services · #3,671 of 5,111 in the U.S. (per employee).Source: DOL LCA disclosure data, case statusOfficial source ↗ 12 of 28 filings · FY2023-25
100.0% Green cards certified⁠Green cards certifiedPublishers Clearing House LLC = 100.0%: 4 of its 4 green-card filings certified, FY2023-25.Professional Services = 94.0%: all Professional Services employers' green-card filings certified, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).All U.S. = 91.6%: every U.S. employer's green-card filings certified, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank: none — 4 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floor.Source: DOL PERM disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ 4 of 4 filings · FY2023-25
46.4% Work visas certified, then withdrawn⁠Work visas certified, then withdrawnPublishers Clearing House LLC = 46.4%: 13 of its 28 work-visa filings certified, then withdrawn, FY2023-25.Professional Services = 4.4%: all Professional Services employers' work-visa filings certified, then withdrawn, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).All U.S. = 5.8%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings certified, then withdrawn, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank: none — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome.Source: DOL LCA disclosure data, case statusOfficial source ↗ 13 of 28 filings · FY2023-25
10.7% Work visas withdrawn⁠Work visas withdrawnPublishers Clearing House LLC = 10.7%: 3 of its 28 work-visa filings withdrawn, FY2023-25.Professional Services = 1.7%: all Professional Services employers' work-visa filings withdrawn, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).All U.S. = 1.7%: every U.S. employer's work-visa filings withdrawn, over all their work-visa filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank: none — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome.Source: DOL LCA disclosure data, case statusOfficial source ↗ 3 of 28 filings · FY2023-25
0.0% Green cards withdrawn⁠Green cards withdrawnPublishers Clearing House LLC = 0.0%: 0 of its 4 green-card filings withdrawn, FY2023-25.Professional Services = 3.4%: all Professional Services employers' green-card filings withdrawn, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).All U.S. = 4.3%: every U.S. employer's green-card filings withdrawn, over all their green-card filings, FY2023-25 (pooled).Rank: none — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome.Source: DOL PERM disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ 0 of 4 filings · FY2023-25
234 Green-card + work-visa filings⁠Green-card + work-visa filingsNo percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separatelyNo share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of themSource: DOL disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ FY2008–FY2025 filings
+117% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024⁠Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's sizeNo count — a change between two years is not a countSource: DOL LCA disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year
2.9 Work-visa filings per 100 employees⁠Work-visa filings per 100 employeesPublishers Clearing House LLC = 2.9: each year's work-visa filings over that year's reported headcount, per 100 employees, mean of 2 years, FY2023 and FY2025; FY2025 alone: 4.1.Professional Services = 30: the median of 2,633 ranked Professional Services employers' rates, per 100 employees.All U.S. = 4.8: the median of 5,111 ranked U.S. employers' rates, per 100 employees.Rank: #2,172 of 2,633 in Professional Services · #2,937 of 5,111 in the U.S. (per employee).Source: DOL filings vs self-reported headcountOfficial source ↗ 28 filings · mean of 2 years, FY2023 and FY2025 · FY2025: 4.1
4 Green-card filings⁠Green-card filingsNo per-employee rank — 4 green-card filings in FY2023-FY2025, under the 20-filing floorSource: DOL disclosure dataOfficial source ↗ FY2023-FY2025

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 →

43 Certified green-card filings certified · FY2008–FY2025
1 Denied 2.2% rate · FY2008–FY2025
1 Withdrawn 2.2% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green-card filings Publishers Clearing House LLC has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

048FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Data through FY2025

What this means

Publishers Clearing House LLC applied to sponsor 45 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

Publishers Clearing House LLC 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.

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