39 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 Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Next end date: 2027-04-09. 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.
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 117% above the DOL prevailing wage across 19 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 — Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa sponsors H-1B workers, with 39 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 7 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $511,786 (P25 $352,479, P75 $582,789). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Mercy Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |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 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| FY2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2026 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Electrophysiology Cardiology Physician I-200-26093-755284 | $759,240/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Apr 03, 2026 | Certified |
Noninvasive Cardiology Physician I-200-26093-755282 | $645,327/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Apr 03, 2026 | Certified |
Anesthesiologist I-200-26089-740244 | $563,750/yr | I | Cedar Rapids, IA | Mar 30, 2026 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-26089-740241 | $606,930/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Mar 30, 2026 | Certified |
Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician I-200-25352-495051 | $511,786/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 18, 2025 | Certified |
Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician I-200-25352-495054 | $511,786/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 18, 2025 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-25325-427986 | $520,000/yr$250/hr as filed | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Nov 21, 2025 | Certified |
Medical Laboratory Scientist I-200-25076-781056 | $62,400/yr$30/hr as filed | II | Cedar Rapids, IA | Mar 17, 2025 | Certified |
Medical Lab Scientist I-200-25050-707486 | $68,640/yr$33/hr as filed | II | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 19, 2025 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-25048-699093 | $582,789/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 17, 2025 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-24346-535051 | $560,000/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 11, 2024 | Certified |
Cardiologist I-200-24346-535049 | $584,961/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 11, 2024 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-24346-535050 | $560,000/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 11, 2024 | Certified |
Medical Lab Scientist I-200-24304-441930 | $54,475/yr$26/hr as filed | II | Cedar Rapids, IA | Oct 30, 2024 | Certified |
Interventional Cardiology Physician I-200-24045-717166 | $720,974/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 14, 2024 | Certified |
Medical Lab Scientist I-200-24033-689583 | $53,664/yr$25/hr as filed | II | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 02, 2024 | Certified |
Medical Lab Scientist I-200-24033-689585 | $53,664/yr$25/hr as filed | II | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 02, 2024 | Certified |
Pulmonary – General and Critical Care Physician I-200-23355-584129 | $511,786/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 21, 2023 | Certified |
Neonatologist I-200-23298-456372 | $373,937/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Oct 25, 2023 | Certified |
Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician I-200-23040-763645 | $511,786/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 09, 2023 | Certified |
Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician I-200-23040-763636 | $511,786/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 09, 2023 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-23031-740373 | $627,380/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Jan 31, 2023 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-23018-711844 | $627,380/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Jan 18, 2023 | Certified |
Gynecologic Oncologist I-200-22216-396694 | $508,155/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Aug 04, 2022 | Certified |
Cardiologist I-200-22047-906845 | $584,961/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 16, 2022 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-22047-906846 | $582,789/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 16, 2022 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-22047-906847 | $582,789/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Feb 16, 2022 | Certified |
Gastroenterologist I-200-21349-766092 | $582,789/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 15, 2021 | Certified |
Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician I-200-21028-039252 | $352,479/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Jan 28, 2021 | Certified |
Neonatologist I-200-20356-972727 | $287,033/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 21, 2020 | Certified |
Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician I-200-20356-972714 | $352,479/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 21, 2020 | Certified |
Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician I-200-20356-972724 | $352,479/yr | — | Cedar Rapids, IA | Dec 21, 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: Dec and Feb — 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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