24 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 Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute'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%.
Next end date: 2026-10-15. 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.
Median offered wage is 8% 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.
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 — Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute sponsors H-1B workers, with 24 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 1 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $59,051 (P25 $48,568, P75 $72,023). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute 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; 8% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Associate Research Scientist I-200-25316-401268 | $85,827/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Nov 12, 2025 | Certified |
Research Associate I-200-25210-207312 | $59,051/yr | III | Albuquerque, NM | Jul 29, 2025 | Certified |
Research Associate I-200-25210-207279 | $59,051/yr | III | Albuquerque, NM | Jul 29, 2025 | Withdrawn |
Postdoctoral Fellow I-200-25062-737269 | $61,006/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Mar 03, 2025 | Certified |
Associate Research Scientist I-200-24219-248137 | $72,023/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Aug 06, 2024 | Certified |
Postdoctoral Fellow I-200-24173-137329 | $54,828/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Jun 21, 2024 | Certified |
Research Scientist I-200-24106-886323 | $82,160/yr | III | Albuquerque, NM | Apr 15, 2024 | Certified |
Associate Research Scientist I-200-24031-680349 | $66,685/yr | II | Albuquerque, NM | Jan 31, 2024 | Certified |
Postdoctoral Fellow I-200-23249-322906 | $53,206/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Sep 06, 2023 | Certified |
Postdoctoral Fellow I-200-23222-253545 | $56,971/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Aug 10, 2023 | Certified |
Postdoctoral Fellow I-200-23086-880484 | $48,381/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Mar 27, 2023 | Certified |
Postdoctoral Fellow I-200-23010-692194 | $48,381/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Jan 10, 2023 | Certified |
Research Associate I-200-22313-576934 | $52,894/yr | II | Albuquerque, NM | Nov 09, 2022 | Certified |
Associate Research Scientist I-200-22236-434955 | $72,023/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Aug 24, 2022 | Certified |
Research Analyst II I-200-22157-248250 | $44,512/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Jun 06, 2022 | Certified |
Associate Research Scientist I-200-21287-644852 | $63,149/yr | II | Albuquerque, NM | Oct 14, 2021 | Certified |
Research Coordinator I-203-21264-595857 | $48,568/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Sep 21, 2021 | Certified |
Research Coordinator I-203-21257-581448 | $48,568/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Sep 14, 2021 | Certified, withdrawn |
Associate Research Scientist I-200-21035-055575 | $61,880/yr | II | Albuquerque, NM | Feb 04, 2021 | Certified |
Research Assistant II I-200-21005-994787 | $27,747/yr | I | Albuquerque, NM | Jan 05, 2021 | Certified |
Associate Research Scientist I-200-20325-921303 | $93,371/yr | II | Albuquerque, NM | Nov 20, 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–FY2026 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: Nov and Jan — 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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