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 LTA Research and Exploration LLC's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Median offered wage is 0% above the DOL prevailing wage across 16 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%.
Next end date: 2027-02-28. 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 — LTA Research and Exploration LLC sponsors H-1B workers, with 34 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 1 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $131,592 (P25 $114,826, P75 $165,797). With a 33% transfer share, this employer actively accepts H-1B transfers. 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
LTA Research and Exploration LLC 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; 49% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| FY2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| FY2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Systems Modeling and Analysis Engineer I-200-26160-997534 | $140,837/yr | II | Sunnyvale, CA | Jun 09, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Technical Project Manager I-200-25090-815911 | $134,493/yr | II | Sunnyvale, CA | Mar 31, 2025 | Certified |
Mechanical Test Engineer I-200-25055-719688 | $102,336/yr | I | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 24, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Mechanical Engineer I-200-25055-719708 | $128,690/yr | II | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 24, 2025 | Certified |
Principal GNC Engineer I-200-25050-708464 | $182,749/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 19, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Electrical Engineer I-200-25050-708496 | $156,624/yr | II | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 19, 2025 | Certified |
GNC Engineer I-200-25044-689089 | $134,493/yr | II | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 12, 2025 | Certified |
Principal Software Engineer, Technical Lead I-200-24351-547630 | $199,534/yr | III | Sunnyvale, CA | Dec 16, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Flight Test Engineer I-200-24071-788500 | $138,299/yr | III | Sunnyvale, CA | Mar 11, 2024 | Certified |
GNC Engineer I-200-24057-748180 | $110,781/yr | II | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 26, 2024 | Certified |
Senior GNC Engineer I-200-24054-743048 | $165,797/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 23, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Mechanical Engineer I-200-24054-743079 | $140,525/yr | III | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 23, 2024 | Certified |
Sr. GNC Engineer I-200-24054-743117 | $165,797/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 23, 2024 | Certified |
GNC Engineer I-200-24052-736551 | $110,781/yr | II | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 21, 2024 | Certified |
Sr. GNC Engineer I-202-24051-733886 | $165,797/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 20, 2024 | Certified |
Mechanical Test Engineer I-200-24047-727295 | $92,955/yr | I | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 16, 2024 | Certified |
Flight Test Engineer I-200-23229-272875 | $110,781/yr | II | Sunnyvale, CA | Aug 17, 2023 | Certified |
GNC Engineer I-200-23066-828154 | $166,754/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | Mar 07, 2023 | Certified |
GNC Engineer I-200-23067-830677 | $107,952/yr | I | Sunnyvale, CA | Mar 07, 2023 | Certified |
Mechanical Test Engineer I-200-23054-799133 | $88,296/yr | I | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 23, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Mechanical Test Engineer I-200-23047-781174 | $112,819/yr | II | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 16, 2023 | Certified |
Flight Test Engineer I-200-23033-745719 | $88,296/yr | I | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 02, 2023 | Certified |
GNC Engineer I-202-22361-661796 | $166,754/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | Dec 27, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer I-200-22151-226113 | $184,080/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | May 31, 2022 | Certified |
Senior GNC Engineer I-200-22061-945461 | $162,968/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | Mar 02, 2022 | Certified |
Mechanical Test Engineer I-200-22059-937582 | $83,762/yr | I | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 28, 2022 | Certified, withdrawn |
Algorithm Engineer I-200-22056-933688 | $120,848/yr | III | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 25, 2022 | Certified |
Flight Test Engineer I-200-22055-926507 | $100,838/yr | I | Sunnyvale, CA | Feb 23, 2022 | Certified, withdrawn |
Principal Flight Test Engineer I-200-21201-473690 | $162,968/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | Jul 20, 2021 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-20325-922013 | $128,434/yr | — | Sunnyvale, CA | Nov 20, 2020 | Certified |
Principal Engineer, GNC I-200-20308-897353 | $199,638/yr | IV | Sunnyvale, CA | Nov 03, 2020 | Certified |
Program Manager I-200-20301-889265 | $122,387/yr | I | Sunnyvale, CA | Oct 27, 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: Feb and Nov — 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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