The Sherwin-Williams Company

201 Green card sponsorships · 1,193 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · 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
1,789 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
11.2% Green-card sponsorship rate 201 green-card filings / 1,789 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
66.7% Work-visa filing rate 1,193 work-visa filings / 1,789 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount
77.9% Visa filings vs workforce 1,394 filings / 1,789 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 headcount

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Manufacturing · est. 1,789 U.S. employees
  • 5% Green-card filings denied 10 of 201 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2025 filings
    39% Green-card filings certified 78 of 201 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2025
    Jun 2026 Last filing
    78% Visa filings vs workforce 1,394 filings / 1,789 employees · FY2008–FY2025 filings vs FY2025 self-reported headcount
    -73% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2019 4 vs 15
    #92 of 22,526 Green-card + work-visa filings 1,394 filings · last Jun 2026 · #92 of 22,526 in Manufacturing · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 1% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 1,394 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2025
    201 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2025
    1,193 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2025
    Top 14% Work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 588 filings / 1,789 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 14% of 7,461 in Manufacturing with work-visa filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–FY2025
    Top 14% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee, Manufacturing 789 filings / 1,789 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 14% of 13,050 in Manufacturing reporting headcount · FY2008–FY2025
  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.6% < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. 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.
Recruitment geography concentration

85% of 88 PERM filings list INDIA as country of citizenship (HHI 7,337)

Immigration How this is calculated →
LCA-to-visa realization gap

LCA realization gap: 14.3% of certified LCAs resulted in USCIS decisions

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 →

78 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2025
105 Expired 57.4% rate · FY2008–FY2025
10 Denied 5.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025
8 Withdrawn 4.0% rate · FY2008–FY2025

Filings over time

How many green card applications The Sherwin-Williams Company has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 1 filingsFY2009 Q1: 4 filingsFY2010 Q1: 5 filingsFY2011 Q1: 16 filingsFY2012 Q1: 7 filingsFY2013 Q1: 21 filingsFY2015 Q1: 5 filingsFY2015 Q2: 6 filingsFY2015 Q3: 3 filingsFY2015 Q4: 5 filingsFY2016 Q1: 7 filingsFY2016 Q2: 16 filingsFY2016 Q3: 17 filingsFY2016 Q4: 7 filingsFY2017 Q1: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 8 filingsFY2017 Q3: 8 filingsFY2017 Q4: 3 filingsFY2018 Q1: 11 filingsFY2018 Q2: 8 filingsFY2018 Q3: 17 filingsFY2018 Q4: 2 filingsFY2019 Q1: 15 filingsFY2025 Q1: 3 filingsFY2025 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q1: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 2 filings01021FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2026
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

The Sherwin-Williams Company applied to sponsor 201 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

The Sherwin-Williams Company 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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