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Caterpillar Inc.

Employer · Illinois, United States

Employer address
Illinois, United States
Applications on record
5,182
FY2025 applications
444
FY2026 to 30 June
358
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.6%
Median offered wage
$110,594
Most common occupation
Mechanical Engineers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.6%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Caterpillar Inc. appears in 5,182 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 444.

Applications by fiscal year — Caterpillar Inc.

250500FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
250500FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008500
FY2009309
FY2010187
FY2011343
FY2012373
FY2013158
FY2014213
FY2015211
FY2016171
FY2017119
FY2018178
FY2019205
FY2020169
FY2021264
FY2022372
FY2023290
FY2024318
FY2025444
FY2026*358
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*26692
FY202536777
FY202430117
FY202326426
FY20223675
FY202122143
FY202015217
FY201916342
FY201814731
FY201710712
FY201610071
FY201518130
FY201415558
FY20131526
FY201230172
FY201127271
FY20101843
FY20093045
FY200842773
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Caterpillar Inc.: applications by worksite state

8+14+23+41+68+
8+14+23+41+68+
Data table
StateApplications
IL4,373
TX287
AZ101
GA68
CA57
FL48
IN41
NC38
PA35
WI23
CO19
TN16
SC14
OH9
MN8
Worksite states
  1. Illinois4,373
  2. Texas287
  3. Arizona101
  4. Georgia68
  5. California57
  6. Florida48
  7. Indiana41
  8. North Carolina38
  9. Pennsylvania35
  10. Wisconsin23
Worksite cities
  1. Mossville, IL1,871
  2. Chillicothe, IL735
  3. Peoria, IL513
  4. Chicago, IL375
  5. Decatur, IL225
  6. East Peoria, IL165
  7. Joliet, IL109
  8. Champaign, IL98
  9. Irving, TX91
  10. Seguin, TX84
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Mechanical Engineers1,494
  2. Software Developers1,016
  3. Electrical Engineers755
  4. Industrial Engineers339
  5. Engineers, All Other187
  6. Data Scientists99
  7. Computer Systems Analysts79
  8. Computer Occupations, All Other69
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Engineer703
  2. Senior Engineer - Design151
  3. Senior Engineer149
  4. Software Engineer145
  5. Senior Software Engineer87
  6. Senior Associate Engineer71
  7. Senior Engineer-design71
  8. Embedded Software Engineer69

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $110,594; middle half $95,680 to $127,587 · median prevailing wage $109,810 (marker) · 921 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I10
  2. Level II343
  3. Level III173
  4. Level IV364
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India441
  2. China39
  3. Canada36
  4. Mexico10
  5. South Korea7
  6. Nepal6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

150300FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
150300FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY2009204
FY2010165
FY2011244
FY2012228
FY2013182
FY2014128
FY2015114
FY2016130
FY201763
FY2018124
FY2019139
FY2020128
FY2021169
FY2022300
FY202332
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202310311
FY20221702832
FY20211601532
FY20201901091
FY2019692700
FY2018392850
FY201720610
FY20161801123
FY2015801061
FY20141201160
FY20131711652
FY20123011982
FY20112202222
FY20101101542
FY20095011542
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP1,303
  2. Baker & McKenzie LLP111
  3. Caterpillar Inc.70
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in Illinois

Caterpillar Inc. has 5,182 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #9 of 7,029 sponsoring employers in Illinois and #174 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.85% of the applications filed by employers based in Illinois.

Rank in Illinois
9 of 7,029
Rank in the United States
174 of 168,030
Share of Illinois's applications
0.85%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 333) in Illinois
161
Largest sponsoring employers in Illinois
  1. Accenture LLP80,805
  2. Capgemini America Inc60,859
  3. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.45,147
  4. University of Illinois7,712
  5. Capgemini Financial Services USA Inc7,300
  6. Yash Technologies, Inc.5,426
  7. Northwestern University5,294
  8. The University of Chicago5,250
  9. Caterpillar Inc.5,182
  10. Capgemini U.S. LLC5,047
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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