23 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 Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc.'s own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Next end date: 2027-02-13. 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.
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 49% above the DOL prevailing wage across 15 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc. sponsors H-1B workers, with 23 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 3 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $190,000 (P25 $150,000, P75 $212,500). With a 33% transfer share, this employer actively accepts H-1B transfers. 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc. 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; 39% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vice President Software Engineer II I-200-26139-927181 | $155,000/yr | IV | Chicago, IL | May 19, 2026 | Certified |
Vice President Trader II I-200-26124-865715 | $225,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | May 04, 2026 | Certified |
Director Senior Product Specialist I-200-26122-861188 | $300,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | May 01, 2026 | Certified |
Vice President Structurer II I-200-25254-303215 | $225,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | Sep 11, 2025 | Certified |
Vice President Software Engineer III I-200-25175-124656 | $190,000/yr | IV | Houston, TX | Jun 24, 2025 | Certified |
Vice President Trader II I-200-25156-054677 | $225,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Jun 04, 2025 | Certified |
Vice President Software Engineer III I-200-25146-017888 | $190,000/yr | IV | Houston, TX | May 26, 2025 | Certified |
Associate - Trading I-200-25126-943077 | $150,000/yr | II | Houston, TX | May 06, 2025 | Certified |
Associate - Quant I-200-25098-840046 | $175,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Apr 08, 2025 | Certified |
Associate - Quant I-200-25034-661288 | $150,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Feb 03, 2025 | Certified |
Vice President Trader II - NR I-200-24359-569189 | $225,000/yr | III | New York, NY | Dec 23, 2024 | Certified |
Associate - Quant I-200-24318-472095 | $130,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Nov 13, 2024 | Certified |
Associate - Structuring I-200-24212-231334 | $150,000/yr | II | Houston, TX | Jul 30, 2024 | Certified |
Vice President Quantitative Finance Analyst - NR I-200-24127-962718 | $200,000/yr | IV | New York, NY | May 06, 2024 | Certified |
Vice President Trader II I-200-24031-681268 | $225,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Jan 31, 2024 | Certified |
Vice President Quantitative Finance Analyst I-200-23074-849761 | $200,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Mar 15, 2023 | Certified |
Vice President – Quantitative Finance Analyst I-200-23055-800260 | $200,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Feb 23, 2023 | Certified |
Vice President – Quantitative Finance Analyst I-200-23037-751605 | $200,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Feb 06, 2023 | Certified |
Vice President Software Engineer III I-200-22230-425612 | $150,000/yr | IV | Houston, TX | Aug 18, 2022 | Certified |
Associate I-200-22168-293503 | $150,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Jun 17, 2022 | Certified |
Analyst I-200-22021-844862 | $85,000/yr | I | Houston, TX | Jan 21, 2022 | Certified |
Associate I-200-21316-703762 | $140,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Nov 12, 2021 | Certified |
Associate I-200-21216-500483 | $150,000/yr | II | New York, NY | Aug 04, 2021 | 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: May 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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