25 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 Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Median offered wage is 0% above the DOL prevailing wage across 16 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
Next end date: 2026-12-25. Employing an H-1B worker past the LCA end date without a new certified LCA is a strict-liability violation — the replacement LCA must be certified before the I-129 extension is filed.
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.
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%.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC sponsors H-1B workers, with 25 certified LCAs on file (FY2022–FY2026), including 3 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $111,155 (P25 $104,140, P75 $125,288). With a 42% transfer share, this employer actively accepts H-1B transfers. 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC 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; 88% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| FY2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead IT SAP Engineer I-200-26168-026064 | $153,317/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | Jun 17, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Network Engineer I-200-26167-018659 | $120,182/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | Jun 16, 2026 | Certified |
Senior IT SAP Engineer I-200-25351-489970 | $130,707/yr | III | East Chicago, IN | Dec 17, 2025 | Certified |
Senior IT SAP Engineer I-200-25328-432554 | $117,957/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | Nov 24, 2025 | Certified, withdrawn |
Senior Maintenance Engineer I-200-25120-920565 | $104,874/yr | III | East Chicago, IN | Apr 30, 2025 | Certified |
Senior IT Systems Integration Engineer I-200-25114-901528 | $112,965/yr | III | Burns Harbor, IN | Apr 24, 2025 | Certified |
Senior IT Application Engineer I-200-25077-783319 | $106,558/yr | II | East Chicago, IN | Mar 18, 2025 | Certified |
Senior IT Application Engineer I-200-25064-746625 | $106,558/yr | II | East Chicago, IN | Mar 05, 2025 | Certified |
Senior IT SAP Engineer I-200-24178-149148 | $120,328/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | Jun 26, 2024 | Certified |
Lead IT Project Manager I-200-24172-134034 | $118,186/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | Jun 20, 2024 | Certified |
Senior IT Applications Engineer I-200-24156-068018 | $98,259/yr | III | Burns Harbor, IN | Jun 04, 2024 | Certified |
Senior IT Application Engineer I-200-24123-948903 | $126,942/yr | IV | West Chester, OH | May 02, 2024 | Certified |
Energy Coordinator & Planner I-200-24101-874762 | $103,896/yr | III | Aurora, IL | Apr 10, 2024 | Certified |
Senior IT Applications Engineer I-200-24074-800727 | $111,966/yr | III | East Chicago, IN | Mar 14, 2024 | Certified |
IT Systems Integration Engineer I-200-24033-689794 | $98,259/yr | III | Burns Harbor, IN | Feb 02, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Network Engineer I-200-23346-561111 | $109,221/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | Dec 12, 2023 | Certified |
Lead IT SAP Engineer I-200-23282-417873 | $144,560/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | Oct 09, 2023 | Certified |
Senior IT SAP Engineer I-200-23165-109963 | $134,118/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | Jun 14, 2023 | Certified |
Senior IT SAP Engineer I-200-23115-963071 | $110,344/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | Apr 25, 2023 | Certified |
Lead IT SAP Engineer OTC I-200-23100-917947 | $130,666/yr | II | East Chicago, IN | Apr 10, 2023 | Certified |
Systems Integration Engineer I-200-22243-447265 | $93,912/yr | III | Burns Harbor, IN | Aug 31, 2022 | Certified |
Senior IT Application Engineer I-200-22237-437010 | $103,584/yr | III | East Chicago, IN | Aug 25, 2022 | Certified |
Senior IT Application Engineer I-200-22227-415535 | $103,584/yr | III | East Chicago, IN | Aug 15, 2022 | Certified |
Division Manager I-200-22143-199677 | $183,914/yr | IV | East Chicago, IN | May 23, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Advanced Analytics Specialist I-200-22126-143317 | $108,680/yr | III | West Chester, OH | May 06, 2022 | Certified |
Sr. Mechanical Engineer I-200-22110-087333 | $92,685/yr | III | East Chicago, IN | Apr 20, 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: Apr and Jun — 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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