34 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 Independent School District 270, Hopkins'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 0% above the DOL prevailing wage across 13 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 — Independent School District 270, Hopkins sponsors H-1B workers, with 34 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 5 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $59,370 (P25 $53,499, P75 $66,976). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Independent School District 270, Hopkins 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; 0% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| FY2022 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| FY2023 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical Education Teacher I-200-26153-973506 | $70,000/yr | — | Minnetonka, MN | Jun 02, 2026 | Certified |
Kindergarten Teacher I-200-26141-939548 | $61,000/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | May 21, 2026 | Certified |
Spanish Immersion Teacher I-200-26138-923013 | $61,000/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | May 18, 2026 | Certified |
Kindergarten Teacher I-200-26138-922998 | $70,000/yr | — | Minnetonka, MN | May 18, 2026 | Certified |
Graphic Design & Communications Specialist I-200-26033-613941 | $54,662/yr$26/hr as filed | I | Hopkins, MN | Feb 02, 2026 | Certified |
Physical Education Teacher I-200-25204-196108 | $57,627/yr | — | Minnetonka, MN | Jul 23, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary Juntos Teacher I-200-25098-842692 | $69,952/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Apr 08, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary Juntos Spanish Immersion Teacher I-200-24348-541750 | $57,362/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Dec 13, 2024 | Certified |
Kindergarten Juntos Spanish Immersion Teacher I-200-24346-536576 | $59,112/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Dec 11, 2024 | Certified |
Kindergarten Juntos Spanish Immersion Teacher I-200-24346-536522 | $50,702/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Dec 11, 2024 | Certified |
Special Education Teacher I-200-24316-467380 | $65,024/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Nov 11, 2024 | Certified |
Chinese Immersion Teacher I-200-24093-847868 | $53,112/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Apr 02, 2024 | Certified |
Physical Education and Health Teacher I-200-24057-748174 | $52,112/yr | — | Minnetonka, MN | Feb 26, 2024 | Certified |
Kindergarten Teacher I-200-23255-340549 | $59,627/yr | — | Minnetonka, MN | Sep 12, 2023 | Certified |
Physical Education & Health Teacher I-200-23234-284194 | $65,187/yr$31/hr as filed | — | Minnetonka, MN | Aug 22, 2023 | Certified |
Spanish Teacher I-200-23221-252504 | $55,612/yr | — | Minnetonka, MN | Aug 09, 2023 | Certified |
Physical Education Teacher I-200-23158-086749 | $66,976/yr$32/hr as filed | — | Minnetonka, MN | Jun 07, 2023 | Certified |
Kindergarten Teacher I-200-23158-086433 | $50,140/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Jun 07, 2023 | Certified |
Kindergarten Teacher I-200-23128-000845 | $50,140/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | May 08, 2023 | Certified, withdrawn |
Physical Education Teacher I-200-23122-985097 | $66,976/yr$32/hr as filed | — | Minnetonka, MN | May 02, 2023 | Certified, withdrawn |
Spanish Immersion Teacher I-200-23100-919175 | $50,877/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Apr 10, 2023 | Certified |
Spanish Immersion Teacher I-200-23088-886220 | $49,127/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Mar 29, 2023 | Certified |
Graphic Design & Communications Specialist I-200-23068-837591 | $47,840/yr$23/hr as filed | I | Hopkins, MN | Mar 09, 2023 | Certified |
Physical Education Teacher I-200-22235-432097 | $57,627/yr | — | Minnetonka, MN | Aug 23, 2022 | Certified |
Chinese World Language I-200-22216-396082 | $73,153/yr$35/hr as filed | — | Minnetonka, MN | Aug 04, 2022 | Certified |
HCM Peer Coach I-200-22215-393343 | $74,715/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Aug 03, 2022 | Certified |
Chinese Immersion Classroom Teacher I-200-22138-183805 | $60,156/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | May 18, 2022 | Certified |
Chinese Immersion Classroom Teacher I-200-22138-183769 | $63,849/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | May 18, 2022 | Certified |
Chinese Immersion Classroom Teacher I-200-22138-183814 | $54,762/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | May 18, 2022 | Certified |
VirtualEDU Elementary Teacher I-200-22088-019149 | $43,527/yr | — | Edina, MN | Mar 29, 2022 | Certified |
Spanish Teacher I-200-21342-752857 | $57,527/yr | — | Minnetonka, MN | Dec 08, 2021 | Certified, withdrawn |
Chinese Immersion Teacher I-200-21271-611683 | $53,055/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Sep 28, 2021 | Certified |
Chinese Immersion Teacher I-200-21204-481669 | $70,465/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Jul 23, 2021 | Certified |
Chinese Immersion Teacher I-200-21195-462365 | $71,055/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Jul 14, 2021 | Certified |
Chinese Immersion Teacher I-200-21120-273058 | $71,055/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Apr 29, 2021 | Certified |
Chinese Immersion Teacher I-200-21035-055769 | $61,849/yr | — | Hopkins, MN | Feb 04, 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: May and Apr — 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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