16 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2022–FY2024.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory's own public LCA filings (FY2022–FY2024) — 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%.
Next end date: 2026-12-10. 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.
Frequent amendments usually mean worksite or role changes; each one must be covered by a new LCA before the change takes effect.
Median offered wage is 95% above the DOL prevailing wage across 14 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 — Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory sponsors H-1B workers, with 16 certified LCAs on file (FY2022–FY2024), including 1 in FY2024. The median certified salary is $153,000 (P25 $117,000, P75 $158,000). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2022–FY2024).
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; 41% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| FY2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Senior Scientist – Solar and Inner Heliospheric Physics I-200-24255-330162 | $173,000/yr | II | Laurel, MD | Sep 11, 2024 | Certified |
Section Supervisor - Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling I-200-23263-362496 | $185,000/yr | II | Laurel, MD | Sep 20, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Scientist – Solar and Inner Heliospheric Physics I-200-23258-351530 | $173,000/yr | II | Laurel, MD | Sep 15, 2023 | Certified |
Staff Scientist - Upper Atmospheric and Ionospheric Physics I-200-23191-177338 | $153,000/yr | IV | Laurel, MD | Jul 10, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Scientist - Solar and Inner Heliospheric Physics I-200-23179-151246 | $195,000/yr | III | Laurel, MD | Jun 28, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Scientist, Solar and Inner Heliospheric Physics I-200-23137-029455 | $153,000/yr | IV | Laurel, MD | May 17, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Scientist, Solar and Inner Heliospheric Physics I-200-23137-029445 | $149,000/yr | IV | Laurel, MD | May 17, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Scientist, Space Plasma Physics I-200-23115-963877 | $157,775/yr | III | Laurel, MD | Apr 25, 2023 | Certified |
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Magnetospheric Physics I-200-23073-845293 | $117,000/yr | I | Laurel, MD | Mar 14, 2023 | Certified |
Postdoctoral Research Associate I-200-23059-810449 | $116,313/yr$55/hr as filed | I | Laurel, MD | Feb 28, 2023 | Certified |
Postdoctoral Research Associate I-200-23023-719991 | $108,800/yr | I | Laurel, MD | Jan 23, 2023 | Certified |
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Geospace Physics I-200-23020-717723 | $110,000/yr | II | Laurel, MD | Jan 20, 2023 | Certified |
Planetary Scientist I-200-22257-471796 | $146,260/yr | IV | Laurel, MD | Sep 14, 2022 | Certified |
Post Doctoral Fellow in Geospace Physics I-200-22140-194260 | $125,000/yr | I | Laurel, MD | May 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–FY2024 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: Sep and May — 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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