WILLIAMS-SONOMA INC.

91 Green card sponsorships · 617 Temporary work filings · Retail Trade · FY2008–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
115 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
91 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
617 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.
  • Retail Trade · est. 115 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 91 green-card filings · FY2008–FY2026 filings
    0 Green-card filings denied FY2008–FY2026 filings
    38% Green-card filings certified 35 of 91 green-card filings · last filed Jun 2026 · FY2008–FY2026
    35 Green-card filings certified FY2008–FY2026
    Jun 2026 Last filing

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

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 4.9% < 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, all US 708 filings · Top 1% of 332,896 US employers · FY2008–FY2026
#46 of 11,809 Green-card + work-visa filings, Retail Trade 708 filings · #46 of 11,809 in Retail Trade · FY2008–FY2026
#1,620 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
708 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026 filings
615.7% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 708 filings / 115 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 1% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
87% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 617 of this employer's 708 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#40 of 3,553 Work-visa filings rank · Retail Trade FY2008–FY2026 filings
#1,776 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
617 Work-visa filings FY2008–FY2026
536.5% Work-visa filings per employee 617 filings / 115 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
+140% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2019 12 vs 5
Top 1% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2008–FY2026 filings
13% Green-card filings, share of all filings 91 of this employer's 708 · FY2008–FY2026 filings
#63 of 11,803 Green-card filings rank · Retail Trade FY2008–FY2026 filings
#2,015 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2008–FY2026 filings
91 Green-card filings FY2008–FY2026
79.1% Green-card filings per employee 91 filings / 115 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2008–FY2026 filings
Top 8% Green-card filings per employee, Retail Trade 91 filings / 115 employees (2025, self-reported) · Top 8% of 7,191 in Retail Trade with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2008–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 →

35 Certified green-card approvals · FY2008–FY2026
56 Expired 61.5% rate · FY2008–FY2026
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2026
0 Withdrawn 0.0% rate · FY2008–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green card applications WILLIAMS-SONOMA INC. has filed each quarter, from FY2008 to today.

FY2008 Q1: 3 filingsFY2009 Q1: 1 filingsFY2010 Q1: 8 filingsFY2011 Q1: 9 filingsFY2012 Q1: 5 filingsFY2013 Q1: 6 filingsFY2015 Q1: 3 filingsFY2015 Q2: 1 filingsFY2015 Q4: 1 filingsFY2016 Q1: 2 filingsFY2016 Q2: 7 filingsFY2016 Q3: 4 filingsFY2017 Q1: 2 filingsFY2017 Q2: 5 filingsFY2017 Q3: 3 filingsFY2017 Q4: 1 filingsFY2018 Q1: 3 filingsFY2018 Q2: 3 filingsFY2018 Q3: 1 filingsFY2019 Q1: 5 filingsFY2025 Q1: 1 filingsFY2025 Q2: 6 filingsFY2025 Q3: 4 filingsFY2025 Q4: 1 filingsFY2026 Q2: 3 filingsFY2026 Q3: 3 filings049FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

WILLIAMS-SONOMA INC. applied to sponsor 91 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

WILLIAMS-SONOMA INC. has filed 4 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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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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