QUEST DIAGNOSTICS

521 Green card sponsorships · 1,016 Temporary work filings · Healthcare · FY2008–FY2025
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
1,388 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
37.5% Green-card sponsorship rate 521 green-card filings / 1,388 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
73.2% Work-visa filing rate 1,016 work-visa filings / 1,388 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
110.7% Visa filings vs workforce 1,537 filings / 1,388 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

  • Is this employer actively hiring — and are the filings real?
  • Healthcare · est. 1,388 U.S. employees
  • 50% Green-card filings certified 261 of 521 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    11 Green-card filings denied of 521 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    17 Green-card filings withdrawn of 521 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    #17 Green-card + work-visa filings 1,537 filings · last Jun 2026 · #17 of 17,793 in Healthcare · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    111% Visa filings vs workforce 1,537 filings / 1,388 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    #17 Green-card + work-visa filings, Healthcare 1,537 filings · #17 of 17,793 in Healthcare · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 1,537 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    521 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    1,016 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 17% Work-visa filings per employee, Healthcare 405 filings / 1,388 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 17% of 4,055 in Healthcare with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 11% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Healthcare 926 filings / 1,388 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 11% of 9,076 in Healthcare reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 14% Green-card filings per employee, Healthcare 521 filings / 1,388 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 14% of 9,076 in Healthcare with green-card filings and a reported 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.
LCA-to-visa realization gap

LCA realization gap: 4.0% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

Immigration How this is calculated →
Concurrent layoffs and visa filings

WARN: 346 workers laid off | TAA: DOL certified job shift to INDIA | PERM: 41 filings from INDIA

Temporal How this is calculated →
Accelerating filing volume

Filing volume grew 2100% YoY at peak; accelerating in 3 of the last 4 years; latest year +2100%

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

96% of PERM filings list a worksite in a different state than the employer's address (331 of 346 filings)

Worksite differs
96% (331)
Same state
4% (15)

Employer primary state: NEW JERSEY · Most common remote worksite: CALIFORNIA

Immigration How this is calculated →
Recruitment geography concentration

75% of 280 PERM filings list PHILIPPINES as country of citizenship (HHI 5,911)

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

261

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

232

47.1% rate

Denied

11

2.1% rate

Withdrawn

17

3.3% rate

Filings over time

How many green card applications QUEST DIAGNOSTICS has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 2 filingsFY2009 Q1: 4 filingsFY2010 Q1: 14 filingsFY2011 Q1: 11 filingsFY2012 Q1: 5 filingsFY2013 Q1: 3 filingsFY2015 Q1: 4 filingsFY2015 Q2: 3 filingsFY2015 Q3: 4 filingsFY2015 Q4: 17 filingsFY2016 Q1: 3 filingsFY2016 Q2: 2 filingsFY2016 Q3: 7 filingsFY2016 Q4: 5 filingsFY2017 Q1: 4 filingsFY2017 Q2: 3 filingsFY2017 Q3: 3 filingsFY2017 Q4: 2 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q2: 1 filingsFY2018 Q3: 4 filingsFY2018 Q4: 66 filingsFY2019 Q1: 68 filingsFY2020 Q1: 3 filingsFY2020 Q2: 14 filingsFY2020 Q3: 9 filingsFY2020 Q4: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2021 Q2: 2 filingsFY2022 Q1: 2 filingsFY2022 Q2: 2 filingsFY2022 Q3: 2 filingsFY2022 Q4: 6 filingsFY2023 Q1: 107 filingsFY2023 Q2: 11 filingsFY2023 Q3: 3 filingsFY2023 Q4: 4 filingsFY2024 Q1: 2 filingsFY2024 Q3: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 7 filingsFY2025 Q3: 2 filingsFY2025 Q4: 57 filingsFY2026 Q2: 7 filingsFY2026 Q3: 40 filings053107FY2008FY2011FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2024
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS applied to sponsor 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

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS has filed 7 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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