42 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 Ruidoso Municipal Schools'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 20 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: 2026-10-22. 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 — Ruidoso Municipal Schools sponsors H-1B workers, with 42 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 2 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $51,500 (P25 $50,000, P75 $64,307). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Ruidoso Municipal Schools 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; 68% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| FY2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| FY2024 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| FY2025 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary/Elementary Bilingual Teacher I-200-26041-631149 | $55,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Feb 10, 2026 | Certified |
Elementary Teacher I-200-25357-504424 | $55,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Dec 22, 2025 | Certified |
Middle School Special Education Teacher I-200-25248-290734 | $55,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Sep 05, 2025 | Certified |
Middle School Math Teacher I-200-25200-187076 | $51,500/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Jul 19, 2025 | Withdrawn |
Middle School Math Teacher I-200-25199-184946 | $51,500/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Jul 18, 2025 | Certified |
Middle School Math Teacher I-200-25194-171053 | $51,500/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Jul 12, 2025 | Certified |
Middle School Special Education Teacher I-200-25193-171050 | $51,500/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Jul 12, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary Teacher I-200-25132-964384 | $51,500/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | May 12, 2025 | Certified |
Early Childhood Special Education Teacher I-200-25030-653714 | $50,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Jan 30, 2025 | Certified |
Special Education Elementary Teacher I-200-24250-318718 | $51,500/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Sep 05, 2024 | Certified |
Elementary Special Education Teacher I-200-24248-314895 | $51,500/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Sep 04, 2024 | Certified |
Middle School Math Teacher I-200-24183-165542 | $50,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Jul 01, 2024 | Certified |
Elementary Special Education Teacher I-200-24164-100714 | $50,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Jun 12, 2024 | Certified |
Pre-School Special Education Teacher I-200-24164-099358 | $50,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Jun 11, 2024 | Certified |
High School Science Teacher I-200-24114-916097 | $50,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Apr 23, 2024 | Certified |
Elementary Special Education Teacher I-200-24111-908772 | $50,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Apr 19, 2024 | Certified |
Early Childhood Special Education Teacher I-200-24017-644375 | $49,000/yr | I | Ruidoso, NM | Jan 16, 2024 | Certified |
Middle School Special Education Teacher I-200-24017-644362 | $47,290/yr | I | Ruidoso, NM | Jan 16, 2024 | Certified |
Early Childhood Special Education Teacher I-200-23279-414894 | $64,712/yr | II | Ruidoso, NM | Oct 06, 2023 | Certified |
Elementary School Mathematics Teacher I-200-23272-401411 | $66,207/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Sep 29, 2023 | Certified |
Elementary School Special Education Teacher I-200-23273-401473 | $77,720/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Sep 29, 2023 | Certified |
Primary/Elementary Bilingual Teacher I-200-23248-321389 | $50,000/yr | — | Ruidoso, NM | Sep 05, 2023 | Certified |
Early Childhood Special Education Teacher I-200-23223-256585 | $50,000/yr | I | Ruidoso, NM | Aug 10, 2023 | Certified |
Elementary School Special Education Teacher I-200-23205-209357 | $70,000/yr | III | Ruidoso, NM | Jul 24, 2023 | Certified |
High School Math Teacher I-200-23187-169155 | $66,183/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Jul 06, 2023 | Certified |
English/Spanish Language Elementary School Teacher I-200-23123-986975 | $62,201/yr | III | Ruidoso, NM | May 03, 2023 | Certified |
Elementary School Special Education Teacher I-200-23040-760986 | $61,903/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Feb 08, 2023 | Certified |
Elementary School Special Education Teacher I-200-23004-681867 | $70,000/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Jan 04, 2023 | Certified |
Elementary School Special Education Teacher I-200-23004-681692 | $74,096/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Jan 04, 2023 | Certified |
Early Childhood Special Education Teacher I-200-22196-353948 | $50,000/yr | II | Ruidoso, NM | Jul 14, 2022 | Certified |
Elementary School Special Education Teacher I-200-22196-353967 | $71,098/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Jul 14, 2022 | Certified |
1St Grade School Teacher I-200-22130-153663 | $64,864/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | May 10, 2022 | Certified |
Elementary School Math Teacher I-200-22112-100053 | $52,237/yr | III | Ruidoso, NM | Apr 22, 2022 | Certified |
Bilingual Language Elementary School Teacher I-200-22084-008938 | $51,750/yr | III | Ruidoso, NM | Mar 25, 2022 | Certified |
Pre-K School Teacher I-200-22084-008941 | $64,864/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Mar 25, 2022 | Certified |
Elementary School Special Education Teacher I-200-22084-008906 | $43,319/yr | I | Ruidoso, NM | Mar 24, 2022 | Certified |
Elementary School Special Education Teacher I-200-22084-008887 | $52,357/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Mar 24, 2022 | Certified |
Middle School Special Education Teacher I-200-22076-985908 | $77,771/yr$37/hr as filed | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Mar 17, 2022 | Certified |
Middle School Math Teacher I-200-21316-701559 | $63,092/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Nov 11, 2021 | Certified |
High School Math Teacher I-200-21223-514509 | $42,000/yr | I | Ruidoso, NM | Aug 11, 2021 | Certified |
High School Science Teacher I-200-21223-514504 | $62,068/yr | IV | Ruidoso, NM | Aug 11, 2021 | Certified |
Elementary School Special Education Teacher I-200-21219-508650 | $42,000/yr | I | Ruidoso, NM | Aug 07, 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: Jul and Sep — 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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