8 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2022–FY2026.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from California Association for Research in Astronomy's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Withdrawn or denied LCAs are normal in isolation; a high share suggests workers were moved between filings and the paper trail needs checking.
Level I is the entry-level prevailing-wage tier and the band DOL's Project Firewall reviews first for misclassification (senior duties filed at an entry-level wage). The national share is 17%.
Median offered wage is 11% above the DOL prevailing wage across 5 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
Each worksite needs its own 10-business-day LCA notice and a PAF record of that posting; a move to a new area of intended employment needs a new LCA before the worker starts there.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — California Association for Research in Astronomy sponsors H-1B workers, with 8 certified LCAs on file (FY2022–FY2026), including 1 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $116,000 (P25 $111,250, P75 $138,000). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
California Association for Research in Astronomy H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2022–FY2026).
Certified LCAs are a prerequisite to H-1B petitions, not visa approvals; one LCA can cover multiple workers. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
The shaded band is the middle half of certified salaries (P25–P75); the bar spans the lowest to highest certified salary.
Levels I–IV are DOL prevailing-wage experience tiers; 50% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Case dispositions from the U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure files. Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.
| Job title | Salary | Level | Location | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mechanical Engineer II I-203-26013-555012 | $117,000/yr | IV | Kamuela, HI | Jan 13, 2026 | Certified |
Staff Astronomer I I-200-25198-183262 | $87,000/yr | II | Kamuela, HI | Jul 17, 2025 | Certified |
Systems Engineer I-200-24339-516673 | $157,646/yr | IV | Kamuela, HI | Dec 04, 2024 | Certified |
Adaptive Optics (AO) Scientist I-200-24156-069242 | $110,000/yr | II | Kamuela, HI | Jun 04, 2024 | Certified |
Mechanical Engineer I-203-24085-827449 | $117,000/yr | IV | Kamuela, HI | Mar 25, 2024 | Certified |
Adaptive Optics Scientist / Engineer I-200-23249-323221 | $115,000/yr | II | Kamuela, HI | Sep 06, 2023 | Certified |
Systems Engineer I-200-22046-903841 | $145,000/yr | IV | Kamuela, HI | Feb 15, 2022 | Certified |
Scientific Software Engineer I-200-22042-896077 | $100,000/yr | I | Kamuela, HI | Feb 11, 2022 | Certified |
One row per LCA case (its latest version), from U.S. DOL OFLC disclosure data. Salaries are the offered wage, converted to a yearly figure. Certified LCAs are not visa approvals.
Worker positions by LCA filing purpose, summed across FY2022–FY2026 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: Feb and Sep — useful for timing transfer conversations.
Attestations from the employer's own LCA filings (Form ETA-9035), as disclosed by the U.S. DOL.
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