99 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 PsiQuantum Corp.'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 49 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: 2026-11-01. 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%.
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 — PsiQuantum Corp. sponsors H-1B workers, with 99 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 22 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $159,890 (P25 $145,000, P75 $189,613). With a 32% transfer share, this employer actively accepts H-1B transfers. 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
PsiQuantum Corp. 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; 64% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 33 |
| FY2022 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| FY2023 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| FY2024 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| FY2025 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| FY2026 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 Photonics Circuit Designer I-200-26160-994460 | $158,621/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Jun 08, 2026 | Certified |
Quantum Systems Validation Enginee I-203-26155-984049 | $159,890/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Jun 04, 2026 | Withdrawn |
Quantum Systems Validation Engineer I-203-26155-984199 | $159,890/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Jun 04, 2026 | Certified |
Associate, Mechanical Design Engineer I-200-26142-940243 | $132,142/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | May 21, 2026 | Certified |
Executive Chairman I-203-26142-940233 | $282,880/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | May 21, 2026 | Certified |
Sr R&D Engineer I-200-26129-890549 | $187,762/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | May 08, 2026 | Certified |
Photonics Failure Analysis Engineer I-200-26113-826620 | $158,621/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 23, 2026 | Certified |
Quantum Solutions Materials Theorist I-200-26113-826800 | $164,403/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 23, 2026 | Certified |
Quantum Systems Validation Engineer I-200-26113-826600 | $156,853/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 23, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Instrument and Control Hardware Engineer I-200-26108-809147 | $188,760/yr | III | Milpitas, CA | Apr 17, 2026 | Certified |
Photonic Design Engineer I-200-26108-809142 | $140,920/yr | IV | Seattle, WA | Apr 17, 2026 | Certified |
Photonic Circuit Designer I-200-26108-809133 | $158,621/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 17, 2026 | Certified |
Photonics Circuit Designer I-200-26108-809143 | $158,621/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 17, 2026 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-26108-809139 | $149,365/yr | I | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 17, 2026 | Certified |
Electro-Optical Systems Validation Engineer I-200-26108-809137 | $156,853/yr | II | Milpitas, CA | Apr 17, 2026 | Certified |
Silicon Photonic Validation Engineer I-200-26105-797919 | $158,621/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 15, 2026 | Certified |
Quantum Cheminformatics Scientist I-200-26105-797929 | $164,403/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 15, 2026 | Certified |
Staff Sub-System Validation Engineer I-203-26065-684204 | $229,590/yr | IV | Milpitas, CA | Mar 05, 2026 | Certified |
Equipment Maintenance Engineer I-200-26012-552593 | $132,142/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Jan 12, 2026 | Certified |
VP, Facilities I-203-26012-552524 | $300,000/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Jan 12, 2026 | Certified, withdrawn |
Validation Engineer, Cryogenic I-200-26007-542022 | $150,000/yr | II | Milpitas, CA | Jan 07, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer I-200-26007-541952 | $185,869/yr | IV | Milpitas, CA | Jan 07, 2026 | Certified |
Principal Automation Engineer, Optical Packaging I-200-25344-472034 | $187,762/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Dec 10, 2025 | Certified |
Test Automation Engineer Photonics I-200-25310-384429 | $129,459/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Nov 06, 2025 | Certified |
Manager, Strategy and Central Business Operations I-203-25253-300663 | $130,187/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Sep 10, 2025 | Certified |
Quantum Architect, Fault Tolerance I-200-25149-031950 | $145,000/yr | I | Palo Alto, CA | May 29, 2025 | Certified |
Quantum Systems Validation Engineer I-200-25149-031844 | $156,083/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | May 29, 2025 | Certified |
R&D Engineer, Superconductive Experimentalist I-200-25149-031980 | $175,500/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | May 29, 2025 | Certified |
Photonics Engineer I-200-25149-031922 | $150,000/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | May 29, 2025 | Certified |
Photonics Designer I-200-25149-031893 | $150,000/yr | I | Palo Alto, CA | May 29, 2025 | Certified |
Quantum Solutions Computational Chemist I-200-25134-974799 | $152,000/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | May 14, 2025 | Certified |
Quantum Solutions Machine Learning Engineer I-200-25134-974832 | $160,000/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | May 14, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer, System Dev I-203-25093-825683 | $215,062/yr | — | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 02, 2025 | Certified |
Manager, R&D Cryogenic Engineering I-200-25066-759106 | $208,125/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 07, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Optical Packaging Engineer I-200-25044-688898 | $179,858/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Feb 12, 2025 | Certified |
Manager, Wafer RT Test I-200-25034-661780 | $215,592/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Feb 03, 2025 | Certified |
Digital Design Engineer I-200-24318-472599 | $191,048/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Nov 13, 2024 | Certified |
Quantum Systems Validation Engineer I-203-24302-437366 | $163,000/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Oct 28, 2024 | Certified |
Photonics Engineer I-200-24290-410708 | $153,254/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Oct 16, 2024 | Certified |
Chief Quantum Architect I-203-24193-191177 | $278,387/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Jul 11, 2024 | Certified |
Chief Executive Officer I-203-24135-995123 | $239,200/yr | — | Palo Alto, CA | May 14, 2024 | Certified |
Senior R&D Engineer, Hardware I-200-24134-988272 | $197,829/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | May 13, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Test and Integration Engineer I-203-24124-955802 | $220,000/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | May 03, 2024 | Certified |
Optical Packaging Engineer I-200-24122-946041 | $145,288/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | May 01, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Quantum Architect I-200-24089-841675 | $158,226/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 29, 2024 | Certified |
Public-Private External Affairs Manager I-203-24088-838128 | $120,931/yr | II | Washington, Dc, DC | Mar 28, 2024 | Certified |
R&D Engineer I-200-24039-704440 | $145,000/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Feb 08, 2024 | Certified |
Epitaxy Engineer I-200-23352-576111 | $158,226/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Dec 18, 2023 | Certified |
IC Hardware Engineer I-200-23272-399998 | $158,226/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Sep 29, 2023 | Certified |
Associate, Mechanical Design Engineer I-200-23272-400863 | $118,000/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Sep 29, 2023 | Certified |
Senior R&D Engineer I-200-23272-401184 | $184,662/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Sep 29, 2023 | Certified |
ASIC Engineer I-200-23243-314205 | $131,768/yr | I | Palo Alto, CA | Aug 31, 2023 | Certified |
R&D Photonic Engineer I-200-23243-313267 | $140,000/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Aug 31, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer, Generalist I-203-23172-133853 | $192,941/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Jun 21, 2023 | Certified |
R&D Engineer, SC Devices - Device Design I-200-23132-017802 | $159,973/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | May 12, 2023 | Certified |
Mixed Signal Integration Engineer I-200-23087-884423 | $184,163/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 28, 2023 | Certified |
Chief Executive Officer I-203-23011-695481 | $262,974/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Jan 11, 2023 | Certified |
Optical Engineer I-200-22350-646423 | $145,000/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Dec 16, 2022 | Certified |
Chief Quantum Architect I-203-22347-636088 | $227,656/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Dec 12, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Software Engineer, Generalist I-203-22277-509446 | $192,941/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Oct 04, 2022 | Certified |
Chief Executive Officer I-203-22224-414826 | $262,974/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Aug 12, 2022 | Certified |
Cryogenic Mechanical Engineer I-200-22202-369112 | $161,886/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Jul 21, 2022 | Certified |
Sr. Manager, Software Engineering I-203-22095-038951 | $184,080/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 05, 2022 | Certified |
Analog Design Engineer I-200-22064-953817 | $101,774/yr | I | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 04, 2022 | Certified |
Manager, Quantum Architect I-200-22064-953819 | $129,272/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 04, 2022 | Certified |
Chief Executive Officer I-200-22062-948706 | $263,952/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 03, 2022 | Certified |
Photonic Designer I-200-22062-948216 | $144,706/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 03, 2022 | Certified |
Sr. Manager, Software Engineering I-203-21342-752971 | $184,080/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Dec 08, 2021 | Certified |
Mixed Signal IP Designer I-200-21292-654679 | $150,488/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Oct 19, 2021 | Certified |
Sr. Design Engineer I-200-21230-528767 | $174,845/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Aug 17, 2021 | Certified |
Digital Design & Integration Lead I-200-21207-484447 | $215,000/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Jul 26, 2021 | Certified |
R&D Engineer I-200-21174-419967 | $132,808/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Jun 22, 2021 | Certified |
Sr. R&D Engineer I-200-21147-351103 | $150,000/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | May 27, 2021 | Certified |
R&D Engineer I-200-21140-331254 | $114,187/yr | — | Palo Alto, CA | May 20, 2021 | Certified |
R&D Engineer I-200-21131-305093 | $147,202/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | May 11, 2021 | Certified |
Sr. R&D Engineer I-200-21121-278735 | $161,200/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 30, 2021 | Certified, withdrawn |
Sr. Quantum Architect I-200-21092-193919 | $132,808/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Apr 02, 2021 | Certified |
Chief Quantum Architect I-203-21083-172439 | $238,285/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 24, 2021 | Certified |
R&D Engineer I-200-21077-155533 | $132,808/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 17, 2021 | Certified |
R&D Engineer I-200-21077-155522 | $132,808/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Mar 17, 2021 | Certified |
Chief Executive Officer I-200-21056-102621 | $238,285/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Feb 25, 2021 | Certified |
Manager, Software Engineering I-203-21056-102524 | $124,550/yr | IV | Pflugerville, TX | Feb 25, 2021 | Certified |
Sr. Quantum Architect I-200-21056-102626 | $111,197/yr | II | Palo Alto, CA | Feb 25, 2021 | Certified |
R&D Engineer I-200-21056-102629 | $161,200/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Feb 25, 2021 | Certified |
Sr R&D Engineer I-200-21019-020509 | $189,613/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Jan 19, 2021 | Certified |
Chief Executive Officer I-203-20345-951550 | $238,285/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Dec 10, 2020 | Certified |
Senior R&D Engineer I-200-20282-870652 | $161,200/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Oct 07, 2020 | Certified |
Analog Design Engineer I-200-20006-234856 | $132,746/yr | III | Palo Alto, CA | Jan 06, 2020 | Certified, withdrawn |
Systems and Test & Measurement Program Manager I-200-19296-104612 | $159,162/yr | IV | Palo Alto, CA | Oct 23, 2019 | Certified, withdrawn |
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 Mar — 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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