30 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2021–FY2026.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from D. E. Shaw Research, LLC's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
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 302% above the DOL prevailing wage across 18 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.
No additional recruitment or non-displacement attestations apply.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — D. E. Shaw Research, LLC sponsors H-1B workers, with 30 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 7 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $320,000 (P25 $232,000, P75 $417,000). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
D. E. Shaw Research, LLC H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2021–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; 14% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| FY2026 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Engineering Program Manager I-200-26160-995439 | $833,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Jun 09, 2026 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-26155-983806 | $417,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Jun 04, 2026 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-26147-952498 | $514,000/yr | II | New York, NY | May 27, 2026 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-26146-947236 | $731,000/yr | II | New York, NY | May 26, 2026 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-26143-944745 | $417,000/yr | II | New York, NY | May 22, 2026 | Certified, withdrawn |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-26140-931474 | $514,000/yr | II | New York, NY | May 20, 2026 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-26118-842873 | $392,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Apr 28, 2026 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-25308-369939 | $731,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Nov 04, 2025 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-25261-317920 | $221,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Sep 18, 2025 | Certified |
Member of Technical Staff I-200-25155-052484 | $406,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Jun 04, 2025 | Certified |
Technical Project Manager I-200-25154-047108 | $427,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Jun 03, 2025 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff. I-200-25148-024217 | $322,000/yr | IV | Durham, NC | May 28, 2025 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-25148-025061 | $221,000/yr | I | New York, NY | May 28, 2025 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-25141-001351 | $475,000/yr | I | New York, NY | May 21, 2025 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-25133-968543 | $568,000/yr | I | New York, NY | May 13, 2025 | Certified |
Member of the Technical Staff I-200-25104-860835 | $263,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Apr 14, 2025 | Certified |
Research Engineer and Member of the Technical Staff I-200-24166-111926 | $363,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Jun 14, 2024 | Certified |
Research Scientist and Member of the Technical Staff I-200-24145-034985 | $363,000/yr | II | New York, NY | May 24, 2024 | Certified |
Research Scientist and Member of the Technical Staff I-200-24101-873018 | $417,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 10, 2024 | Certified |
Associate, Strategic Growth I-200-24095-855804 | $296,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Apr 04, 2024 | Certified |
Research Scientist and Member of the Technical Staff I-200-22152-230378 | $320,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Jun 01, 2022 | Certified |
Scientific Associate and Member of the Technical Staff I-200-22152-230387 | $190,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Jun 01, 2022 | Certified |
Scientific Associate and Member of the Technical Staff I-200-22152-230370 | $205,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Jun 01, 2022 | Certified |
Research Scientist And Member Of The Technical Staff I-200-21138-321282 | $320,000/yr | II | New York, NY | May 18, 2021 | Certified |
Research Scientist and Member of Technical Staff I-200-21106-230654 | $250,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 16, 2021 | Certified |
Postdoctoral Fellow and Member of the Technical Staff I-200-21083-170412 | $195,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Mar 24, 2021 | Certified |
Research Scientist and Member of the Technical Staff I-200-21083-170399 | $300,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Mar 24, 2021 | Certified |
Associate, Strategic Growth I-200-21076-152745 | $192,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Mar 17, 2021 | Certified |
Scientific Associate/Member of the Technical Staff I-200-20085-433075 | $232,000/yr | I | New York, NY | Mar 25, 2020 | Certified, withdrawn |
Research Engineer and Member of Technical Staff I-200-20085-433073 | $338,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Mar 25, 2020 | Certified, withdrawn |
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 FY2021–FY2026 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: May and Mar — 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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