25 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2021–FY2025.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from Motor Trend Group, LLC's own public LCA filings (FY2023–FY2025) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Median offered wage is 1% above the DOL prevailing wage across 12 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.
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%.
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 — Motor Trend Group, LLC sponsors H-1B workers, with 25 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2025), including 1 in FY2025. The median certified salary is $142,413 (P25 $123,785, P75 $166,082). With a 69% transfer share, this employer actively accepts H-1B transfers. 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Motor Trend Group, LLC H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2021–FY2025).
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; 93% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2025 | 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Software Development Engineer I I-200-24268-361314 | $142,158/yr | — | El Segundo, CA | Sep 24, 2024 | Certified |
Manager, Software Development III I-200-24190-179521 | $251,576/yr | IV | El Segundo, CA | Jul 08, 2024 | Certified |
Software Development Engineer II, Web I-200-24131-982353 | $123,614/yr | III | Chicago, IL | May 10, 2024 | Certified |
Quality Assurance Engineer II I-200-24032-683963 | $129,780/yr | — | El Segundo, CA | Feb 01, 2024 | Certified |
Technical Program Manager Iii I-200-23342-553666 | $180,000/yr | IV | El Segundo, CA | Dec 08, 2023 | Certified |
Software Development Manager Iii I-200-23331-524508 | $240,000/yr | IV | El Segundo, CA | Nov 27, 2023 | Certified |
Business Intelligence Analyst I-200-23230-278123 | $93,309/yr | II | El Segundo, CA | Aug 18, 2023 | Certified |
Software Development Engineer in Test II I-200-23187-171124 | $124,301/yr | — | El Segundo, CA | Jul 06, 2023 | Certified |
Business Intelligence Data Engineer I-200-23151-064426 | $150,000/yr | IV | El Segundo, CA | May 31, 2023 | Certified |
SDET II, Backend I-200-23125-997642 | $132,683/yr | IV | Austin, TX | May 05, 2023 | Certified |
Software Development Manager II I-200-23040-762433 | $211,141/yr | IV | El Segundo, CA | Feb 09, 2023 | Certified |
Software Development Engineer II, Content Management Systems I-200-23034-748185 | $142,985/yr | — | Bristow, VA | Feb 03, 2023 | Certified |
Product Manager I-200-22249-455569 | $115,244/yr | — | Tempe, AZ | Sep 06, 2022 | Certified |
Release Manager, Web And Mobile Platforms I-200-22193-345260 | $117,083/yr | — | El Segundo, CA | Jul 12, 2022 | Certified |
Release Manager, Web And Mobile Platforms I-200-22181-323652 | $117,083/yr | — | El Segundo, CA | Jun 30, 2022 | Certified, withdrawn |
Software Development Engineer I-200-22084-009897 | $118,373/yr | III | El Segundo, CA | Mar 25, 2022 | Certified |
Software Development Engineer II I-200-21335-735205 | $128,315/yr | IV | Dallas, TX | Dec 01, 2021 | Certified |
Data Engineer I-200-21259-587159 | $139,818/yr | IV | El Segundo, CA | Sep 16, 2021 | Certified |
Software Development Engineer Iii - Web Platforms I-200-21224-517622 | $167,710/yr | IV | El Segundo, CA | Aug 12, 2021 | Certified |
Qa Engineer Ii I-200-21190-452978 | $113,122/yr | — | El Segundo, CA | Jul 09, 2021 | Certified |
Software Development Manager Ii I-200-21144-337559 | $149,965/yr | — | El Segundo, CA | May 24, 2021 | Certified |
Technical Program Manager Iii I-200-21139-327503 | $173,865/yr | — | El Segundo, CA | May 19, 2021 | Certified |
Technical Program Manager Ii I-200-21112-248697 | $142,667/yr | IV | El Segundo, CA | Apr 22, 2021 | Certified |
Software Development Manager Iii I-200-21105-226744 | $155,106/yr | IV | El Segundo, CA | Apr 15, 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–FY2025 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: May and Jul — 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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