20 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 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Median offered wage is 17% above the DOL prevailing wage across 8 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
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%.
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 — Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland sponsors H-1B workers, with 20 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 1 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $173,210 (P25 $169,500, P75 $191,950). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 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; 45% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Research Economist I-200-25343-468014 | $104,083/yr | II | Cleveland, OH | Dec 09, 2025 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-25197-177977 | $171,579/yr | IV | Cleveland, OH | Jul 16, 2025 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-25140-995382 | $165,485/yr | IV | Cleveland, OH | May 20, 2025 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-25133-971080 | $165,485/yr | IV | Cleveland, OH | May 13, 2025 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-25069-762943 | $178,200/yr | III | Cleveland, OH | Mar 10, 2025 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-24072-792778 | $180,000/yr | II | Cleveland, OH | Mar 12, 2024 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-24072-792703 | $193,600/yr | II | Cleveland, OH | Mar 12, 2024 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-24043-711753 | $203,300/yr | III | Cleveland, OH | Feb 12, 2024 | Certified |
Vice President, Senior Economic Advisor I-200-23123-987109 | $310,000/yr | IV | Cleveland, OH | May 03, 2023 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-23055-801825 | $181,000/yr | II | Cleveland, OH | Feb 24, 2023 | Certified |
Research Economist II I-200-23051-786407 | $200,900/yr | II | Cleveland, OH | Feb 20, 2023 | Certified |
Research Economist I I-200-22224-413697 | $173,300/yr | III | Cleveland, OH | Aug 12, 2022 | Certified |
Research Economist II I-200-22202-366972 | $191,400/yr | III | Cleveland, OH | Jul 21, 2022 | Certified |
Research Economist I I-200-22153-238178 | $170,000/yr | II | Cleveland, OH | Jun 02, 2022 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-21120-274399 | $173,120/yr | II | Cleveland, OH | Apr 30, 2021 | Certified |
Research Economist I I-200-21112-249833 | $168,000/yr | I | Cleveland, OH | Apr 22, 2021 | Certified |
Research Economist I I-200-21088-181627 | $168,000/yr | I | Cleveland, OH | Mar 29, 2021 | Certified |
Senior Research Economist I-200-21088-181488 | $210,000/yr | III | Cleveland, OH | Mar 29, 2021 | Certified |
Research Economist I-200-21027-035831 | $172,460/yr | II | Cleveland, OH | Jan 27, 2021 | 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 FY2021–FY2026 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: Mar and Feb — 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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