15 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 Payless Shoesource Worldwide, LLC's own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
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%.
Withdrawn or denied LCAs are normal in isolation; a high share suggests workers were moved between filings and the paper trail needs checking.
Median offered wage is 14% above the DOL prevailing wage across 5 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.
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 — Payless Shoesource Worldwide, LLC sponsors H-1B workers, with 15 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 2 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $90,000 (P25 $90,000, P75 $173,754). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Payless Shoesource Worldwide, 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; 33% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2022 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| FY2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buyer I-201-26034-616930 | $90,000/yr | I | North Miami, FL | Feb 03, 2026 | Certified |
Buyer LATAM Kids I-201-25357-507922 | $90,000/yr | I | North Miami, FL | Dec 23, 2025 | Certified |
Sr. Software Engineer I-200-25202-187865 | $112,923/yr | II | North Miami, FL | Jul 21, 2025 | Certified, withdrawn |
Brand Manager I-201-25162-079442 | $90,000/yr | I | North Miami, FL | Jun 11, 2025 | Certified |
Chief Executive Officer I-201-25111-884747 | $900,000/yr | IV | North Miami, FL | Apr 21, 2025 | Certified |
Brand Manager I-201-24319-474762 | $90,000/yr | I | Miami, FL | Nov 14, 2024 | Certified |
Buyer I-201-24094-853194 | $90,000/yr | I | North Miami, FL | Apr 03, 2024 | Certified |
Buyer LATAM Kids I-201-23062-821449 | $90,000/yr | I | North Miami, FL | Mar 03, 2023 | Certified |
Director of IT Infrastructure and Security I-200-23046-778246 | $160,000/yr | IV | Topeka, KS | Feb 15, 2023 | Certified |
Director of IT Infrastructure and Security I-200-23044-770247 | $160,000/yr | IV | Topeka, KS | Feb 13, 2023 | Withdrawn |
Buyer I-201-23020-717540 | $90,000/yr | I | North Miami, FL | Jan 20, 2023 | Certified |
Brand Manager I-201-22269-492924 | $90,000/yr | I | North Miami, FL | Sep 26, 2022 | Certified |
Brand Manager I-201-22259-477825 | $178,339/yr | IV | North Miami, FL | Sep 16, 2022 | Certified, withdrawn |
Chief Executive Officer I-201-22161-268756 | $300,000/yr | IV | Miami, FL | Jun 10, 2022 | Withdrawn |
Chief Executive Officer I-201-22161-268974 | $300,000/yr | IV | North Miami, FL | Jun 10, 2022 | Certified |
Chief Executive Officer I-201-22160-265357 | $300,000/yr | IV | North Miami, FL | Jun 09, 2022 | Withdrawn |
Brand Manager I-201-22116-107472 | $90,000/yr | I | Miami, FL | Apr 26, 2022 | Certified |
Chief Executive Officer - LATAM I-201-21022-028812 | $800,000/yr | IV | Miami, FL | Jan 22, 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 Jan — 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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