25 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 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.'s own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
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 142% above the DOL prevailing wage across 13 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
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 — National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. sponsors H-1B workers, with 25 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 1 in FY2026. The median certified salary is — (P25 $181,680, P75 $345,176). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
National Bureau of Economic Research, 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.
Levels I–IV are DOL prevailing-wage experience tiers; 84% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| FY2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Researcher I-200-26170-032567 | $213,408/yr$102/hr as filed | IV | Baton Rouge, LA | Jun 18, 2026 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-25213-215251 | $353,736/yr | IV | Bellevue, WA | Aug 01, 2025 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-25164-091074 | $413,940/yr$199/hr as filed | IV | Hanover, NH | Jun 13, 2025 | Certified |
Research Scientist I-200-25150-034290 | $90,000/yr | II | Santa Monica, CA | May 30, 2025 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-25135-981222 | $212,100/yr | IV | Washington, DC | May 15, 2025 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-25135-981398 | $220,396/yr$105/hr as filed | IV | Baton Rouge, LA | May 15, 2025 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-25135-980785 | $210,620/yr$101/hr as filed | IV | Raleigh, NC | May 15, 2025 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-24187-176364 | $218,483/yr$105/hr as filed | IV | Los Angeles, CA | Jul 05, 2024 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-24172-132616 | $340,891/yr$163/hr as filed | IV | New Orleans, LA | Jun 20, 2024 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-24157-073795 | $408,262/yr$196/hr as filed | IV | Quincy, MA | Jun 05, 2024 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-24156-071402 | $384,862/yr$185/hr as filed | IV | Los Angeles, CA | Jun 04, 2024 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-24150-044528 | $389,729/yr$187/hr as filed | IV | Santa Monica, CA | May 28, 2024 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-24143-023351 | $181,680/yr | IV | Raleigh, NC | May 22, 2024 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-23169-122445 | $277,332/yr | IV | New York, NY | Jun 18, 2023 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-22136-175288 | $216,153/yr$103/hr as filed | IV | Minneapolis, MN | May 16, 2022 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-22136-176343 | $300,144/yr$144/hr as filed | IV | New York, NY | May 16, 2022 | Certified |
Research Assistant I-200-22060-939441 | $54,635/yr | I | Cambridge, MA | Mar 01, 2022 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-21175-423941 | $345,176/yr$165/hr as filed | IV | New Haven, CT | Jun 24, 2021 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-21169-412290 | $345,176/yr$165/hr as filed | IV | Princeton, NJ | Jun 18, 2021 | Withdrawn |
Researcher I-200-21169-412247 | $285,147/yr$137/hr as filed | IV | Philadelphia, PA | Jun 18, 2021 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-21169-412229 | $216,673/yr$104/hr as filed | IV | Minneapolis, MN | Jun 18, 2021 | Certified |
Researcher I-200-21153-362760 | $352,664/yr$169/hr as filed | IV | Chicago, IL | Jun 02, 2021 | Certified |
Research Assistant I-200-21133-309676 | $50,000/yr | I | Hanover, NH | May 12, 2021 | Certified |
Research Assistant I-200-21130-300124 | $50,000/yr | I | Hanover, NH | May 10, 2021 | Withdrawn |
Research Assistant I-200-21020-023898 | $56,000/yr | III | Cambridge, MA | Jan 20, 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: Jun 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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