16 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2021–FY2024.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from Lakeland Hospitals at Niles and St Joseph, INC'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%.
Median offered wage is 0% above the DOL prevailing wage across 7 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: 2027-01-31. 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.
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 — Lakeland Hospitals at Niles and St Joseph, INC sponsors H-1B workers, with 16 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2024), including 1 in FY2024. The median certified salary is $94,744 (P25 $58,650, P75 $94,744). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Lakeland Hospitals at Niles and St Joseph, INC H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2021–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; 17% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| FY2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical Laboratory Technologist/Scientist I-200-23334-534358 | $50,065/yr$24/hr as filed | II | St. Joseph, MI | Nov 30, 2023 | Certified |
Physical Therapist I-200-22196-355153 | $86,362/yr | III | Niles, MI | Jul 15, 2022 | Certified |
Physical Therapist I-200-22112-098684 | $78,915/yr$37/hr as filed | II | Stevensville, MI | Apr 22, 2022 | Certified |
Medical Resident (PGY2), Internal Medicine I-200-22108-078824 | $58,650/yr | — | St. Joseph, MI | Apr 18, 2022 | Certified |
Physical Therapist I-200-22095-037828 | $64,396/yr$30/hr as filed | I | Stevensville, MI | Apr 05, 2022 | Certified |
Pulmonary Critical Care Physician I-200-22088-018242 | $208,000/yr | — | St. Joseph, MI | Mar 29, 2022 | Certified |
Physical Therapist I-200-21273-616346 | $64,396/yr$30/hr as filed | I | Stevensville, MI | Sep 30, 2021 | Certified |
Physical Therapist I-200-21225-520525 | $93,433/yr$44/hr as filed | III | Niles, MI | Aug 13, 2021 | Certified |
Physical Therapist I-200-21194-458479 | $64,396/yr$30/hr as filed | I | Stevensville, MI | Jul 13, 2021 | Certified, withdrawn |
Medical Resident (PGY1), Internal Medicine I-200-21118-266732 | $58,026/yr | — | St. Joseph, MI | Apr 28, 2021 | Certified |
Endocrinologist I-200-21068-131115 | $208,000/yr | — | St. Joseph, MI | Mar 09, 2021 | Certified |
Pediatric Hospitalist I-200-21054-094453 | $56,638/yr | I | St. Joseph, MI | Feb 23, 2021 | Certified |
Physical Therapist I-200-20336-933188 | $94,744/yr | I | Niles, MI | Dec 01, 2020 | 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–FY2024 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: Apr 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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