9 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 Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Median offered wage is 0% above the DOL prevailing wage across 6 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
Next end date: 2027-04-08. 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%.
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 — Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC sponsors H-1B workers, with 9 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 2 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $126,066 (P25 $111,550, P75 $133,240). With a 60% transfer share, this employer actively accepts H-1B transfers. 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC 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; 70% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Senior Controls And Automation Engineer I-200-26023-585871 | $145,000/yr | IV | Houston, TX | Jan 23, 2026 | Certified |
Engineer Sr I-200-25317-405709 | $134,521/yr | IV | Springtown, TX | Nov 13, 2025 | Certified |
Scientist Technology PDC I-200-25150-034998 | $110,400/yr | I | Houston, TX | May 30, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Sql Developer I-200-24303-441155 | $103,210/yr | II | Houston, TX | Oct 29, 2024 | Certified |
Lead Controls And Automation Engineer - Sustaining I-200-24292-418317 | $140,005/yr | IV | Houston, TX | Oct 18, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Software Developer-Fullstack I-200-24094-853618 | $105,165/yr | IV | Houston, TX | Apr 03, 2024 | Certified |
Manager, Controls and Automation I-200-23157-082183 | $129,397/yr | IV | Houston, TX | Jun 06, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Controls and Automation Engineer I-200-22147-219482 | $125,632/yr | IV | Houston, TX | May 27, 2022 | Certified, withdrawn |
Senior SQL Developer I-200-22007-815413 | $115,000/yr | II | Houston, TX | Jan 07, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Software Devleoper I-200-21244-559030 | $126,500/yr | IV | Houston, TX | Sep 01, 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: 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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