10 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2023–FY2026.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from MercyOne North Iowa's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Next end date: 2027-01-14. 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 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.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — MercyOne North Iowa sponsors H-1B workers, with 10 certified LCAs on file (FY2023–FY2026), including 3 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $184,242 (P25 $57,928, P75 $240,947). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
MercyOne North Iowa H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2023–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; 100% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internal Medicine Residency Faculty I-200-26141-938644 | $294,917/yr | IV | Mason City, IA | May 21, 2026 | Certified |
Family Medicine Physician I-200-26076-709963 | $299,998/yr$144/hr as filed | III | Emmetsburg, IA | Mar 17, 2026 | Certified |
Internal Medicine Resident I-200-26028-597412 | $73,567/yr | — | Mason City, IA | Jan 28, 2026 | Certified |
Clinical Nutrition Supervisor I-200-24271-369647 | $79,040/yr$38/hr as filed | IV | Mason City, IA | Sep 27, 2024 | Certified |
Medical Technologist I-200-24019-651777 | $57,928/yr$27/hr as filed | III | Mason City, IA | Jan 19, 2024 | Certified |
Medical Technologist I-200-23307-477625 | $57,928/yr$27/hr as filed | III | New Hampton, IA | Nov 03, 2023 | Certified |
Medical Technologist I-200-23290-437198 | $57,928/yr$27/hr as filed | III | Mason City, IA | Oct 17, 2023 | Certified |
Family Practice Physician I-200-23193-184073 | $300,000/yr | — | Emmetsburg, IA | Jul 12, 2023 | Certified |
Internal Medicine Resident I-200-23145-054504 | $62,500/yr | — | Mason City, IA | May 25, 2023 | Certified |
Medical Technologist I-200-23109-947651 | $57,928/yr$27/hr as filed | III | New Hampton, IA | Apr 19, 2023 | 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 FY2023–FY2026 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: Jan 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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