H-1B sponsorOHFEIN 34-0526850Updated Jun 2026

The Sherwin-Williams Company

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for The Sherwin-Williams Company. Filed 924 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2026 from worksites with a OH headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

100.0%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

The Sherwin-Williams Company is a major paint and coatings manufacturer headquartered in Ohio. Since 2010, the company has filed 924 H-1B petitions across 16 fiscal years, demonstrating sustained reliance on foreign skilled labor.

In FY2026, Sherwin-Williams filed 23 H-1B applications with a 100% certification rate. Historically, the company maintained a 24.78% overall certification rate, with 0.32% withdrawn and 0.43% denied. Filing volume peaked in 2013 (91 petitions) and remained steady through 2019 (71 petitions), before dropping sharply in 2020–2022, then recovering to 84 filings in 2024 and 88 in 2025.

The company's H-1B role mix is heavily skewed toward technology: Software Developers account for 560 of 924 total filings (60.6%), followed by Chemists (49 filings), Database Administrators (43), Financial and Investment Analysts (35), and other IT occupations. This profile reflects both R&D and product-development functions typical of a diversified manufacturing and specialty-chemicals enterprise.

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Outcome breakdown

Share of The Sherwin-Williams Company’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Certified97.1%

Withdrawn1.3%

Denied1.7%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by The Sherwin-Williams Company across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	560
2	19-2031	Chemists	49
3	15-1242	Database Administrators	43
4	13-2051	Financial and Investment Analysts	35
5	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	34
6	15-2051	Data Scientists	28
7	15-1253	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	24
8	15-1251	Computer Programmers	13
9	13-1081	Logisticians	11
10	15-1244	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	10

Software Developers

560

Chemists

Database Administrators

Financial and Investment Analysts

Computer Occupations, All Other

Data Scientists

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Computer Programmers

Logisticians

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	33
FY2011	42
FY2012	48
FY2013	91
FY2014	78
FY2015	79
FY2016	86
FY2017	80
FY2018	80
FY2019	71
FY2020	5
FY2021	11
FY2022	10
FY2023	15
FY2024	84
FY2025	88
FY2026	23

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