100 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 SK hynix memory solutions America inc.'s own public LCA filings (FY2024–FY2026) — the same records an investigator pulls first.
Next end date: 2026-11-12. 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.
H-1B dependent employers must also attest to recruitment of U.S. workers and non-displacement, unless every worker on the LCA is exempt ($60k+ or master's degree).
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 5% above the DOL prevailing wage across 33 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.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — SK hynix memory solutions America inc. is an active H-1B sponsor, with 100 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 7 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $135,134 (P25 $114,033, P75 $169,201). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
SK hynix memory solutions America 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.
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; 20% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| FY2022 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| FY2023 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| FY2024 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| FY2025 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| FY2026 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Staff Engineer I-200-26154-974563 | $140,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Jun 02, 2026 | Certified |
Staff Engineer (Staff Security Firmware Test Developer) I-200-26124-867191 | $150,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | May 04, 2026 | Withdrawn |
Principal Engineer, ASIC I-200-26119-851357 | $209,415/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 29, 2026 | Certified |
Staff Engineer I-200-26097-767371 | $192,372/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 07, 2026 | Certified |
Staff Firmware Test Development Engineer I-200-26097-767329 | $133,190/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 07, 2026 | Certified |
SSD Reliability Test Engineer I-200-26097-767274 | $105,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 07, 2026 | Certified |
Senior Staff Firmware Test Development Engineer I-200-26041-632203 | $159,650/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Feb 10, 2026 | Certified |
SQA Engineer I-200-25352-495464 | $155,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Dec 18, 2025 | Certified |
Staff Engineer I-200-25248-290206 | $203,139/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Sep 05, 2025 | Certified |
Principal Engineer I-200-25174-121740 | $200,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Jun 23, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Product & Application Engineer I-200-25142-008370 | $122,358/yr | — | San Jose, CA | May 22, 2025 | Certified |
Associate Principal Engineer I-200-25135-978007 | $179,585/yr | — | San Jose, CA | May 14, 2025 | Certified |
Associate Principal Engineer I-200-25120-919401 | $192,730/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 29, 2025 | Certified |
Firmware Development Engineer I-200-25102-858410 | $109,989/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 11, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Engineer, Product & Applications I-200-25086-809302 | $122,515/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 27, 2025 | Certified |
SQA Joint Qualification Engineer, Staff I-200-25073-778132 | $144,110/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 14, 2025 | Certified |
Staff Engineer, Test Development I-200-25073-779010 | $143,859/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 14, 2025 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer, ASIC Verification I-200-25073-778090 | $169,583/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 14, 2025 | Certified |
Staff Engineer, Test Development I-200-25073-778103 | $143,859/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 14, 2025 | Withdrawn |
Senior Engineer I-200-25065-753425 | $143,859/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 06, 2025 | Certified |
ASIC Design Engineering Manager I-200-25065-753471 | $174,062/yr | I | San Jose, CA | Mar 06, 2025 | Certified |
Senior SoC Design Engineer I-200-24311-457503 | $155,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Nov 06, 2024 | Certified |
Staff SoC Design Engineer I-200-24285-402907 | $180,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Oct 11, 2024 | Certified |
Security Firmware Engineer, Associate Principal I-200-24265-355072 | $214,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Sep 20, 2024 | Certified |
Staff Product & Applications Engineer I-200-24115-923004 | $139,896/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 24, 2024 | Certified |
Firmware Security Engineer I-200-24109-903140 | $114,033/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 18, 2024 | Certified |
ASIC Verification Engineer I-200-24104-884342 | $126,984/yr | II | San Jose, CA | Apr 12, 2024 | Certified |
Staff SQA DVT Engineer I-200-24104-884351 | $147,672/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 12, 2024 | Certified |
Firmware Test Engineer I-200-24101-871057 | $114,033/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 09, 2024 | Certified |
Engineer, System Performance Characterization I-200-24074-801119 | $114,033/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 14, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Engineer, Firmware Test & Analysis I-200-24068-781605 | $139,075/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 07, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer, Firmware Test I-200-24065-772841 | $148,971/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 05, 2024 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer, Software Dev. in Test I-200-23298-456491 | $175,455/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Oct 25, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer, Firmware Security I-200-23276-407844 | $169,074/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Oct 03, 2023 | Certified |
Principal Engineer I-200-23269-383591 | $190,584/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Sep 26, 2023 | Certified |
HR Generalist I-200-23240-300964 | $95,170/yr | II | San Jose, CA | Aug 28, 2023 | Certified |
SQA Joint Qualification Engineer, Staff I-200-23237-294846 | $139,913/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Aug 24, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Manager, Security Firmware Engineering I-200-23178-148674 | $234,208/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Jun 27, 2023 | Certified |
Product & Application Engineer I-200-23095-904557 | $107,198/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 04, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Design Verification Engineer I-200-23093-897819 | $143,769/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 03, 2023 | Certified |
Human Resources Specialist I-200-23093-897777 | $83,496/yr | II | San Jose, CA | Apr 03, 2023 | Certified |
Principal Engineer, ASIC I-200-23093-897829 | $194,023/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 03, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Firmware Test Development Engineer I-200-23093-897935 | $114,396/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 03, 2023 | Certified |
Senior Firmware Security Engineer I-200-23093-897818 | $165,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 03, 2023 | Certified |
System Engineering Director I-200-23066-826908 | $237,150/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 06, 2023 | Certified |
Staff Firmware Test Development Engineer I-200-23041-766921 | $142,167/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Feb 10, 2023 | Certified |
ASIC Verification Engineer I-200-22305-560600 | $200,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Oct 31, 2022 | Certified |
Product & Applications Engineer I-200-22298-548066 | $115,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Oct 24, 2022 | Certified |
Staff Engineer, Customer Applications Engineering I-200-22286-526581 | $180,620/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Oct 12, 2022 | Certified |
SSD Reliability Validation Engineer I-200-22264-487083 | $115,000/yr | II | San Jose, CA | Sep 21, 2022 | Certified |
Security Firmware Engineer I-200-22264-487096 | $180,000/yr | III | San Jose, CA | Sep 21, 2022 | Certified |
Security Firmware Engineer I-200-22265-487264 | $170,000/yr | III | San Jose, CA | Sep 21, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Engineer, Firmware Test Development I-200-22165-278684 | $131,726/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Jun 14, 2022 | Certified |
HR Specialist I-200-22165-278670 | $85,000/yr | II | San Jose, CA | Jun 14, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Engineer, Hardware Design I-200-22158-252012 | $134,928/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Jun 07, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Engineer I-200-22119-122879 | $117,610/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 29, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer I-200-22111-094933 | $138,634/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 21, 2022 | Certified |
Digital ASIC Design Engineer I-200-22110-086351 | $103,586/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 19, 2022 | Certified |
Staff Algorithm Research Engineer I-200-22110-086342 | $130,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 19, 2022 | Certified |
Engineer, Firmware Verification I-200-22081-996956 | $102,716/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 21, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer I-200-22072-974431 | $153,817/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 13, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer I-200-22070-970161 | $155,038/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 10, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer I-200-22070-970158 | $165,925/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 10, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Engineer, Reliability Test I-200-22069-966520 | $102,716/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 09, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer I-200-22064-953965 | $161,237/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 04, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer I-200-22064-953957 | $158,604/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 04, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer I-200-22064-953962 | $151,424/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 04, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Engineer, Product & Applications I-200-22064-953966 | $102,716/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 04, 2022 | Certified |
SSD Development Project Engineer I-200-22064-953969 | $98,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 04, 2022 | Certified |
Senior Engineer I-200-21321-709662 | $127,725/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Nov 16, 2021 | Certified |
Staff Firmware Test Engineer I-200-21301-674788 | $126,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Oct 28, 2021 | Certified |
Principal SoC Design Engineer I-200-21230-531556 | $191,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Aug 18, 2021 | Certified |
Senior Engineer I-200-21216-503091 | $117,644/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Aug 04, 2021 | Certified |
Firmware Security Engineer I-200-21215-500188 | $94,301/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Aug 03, 2021 | Certified |
Software Development Engineer in Test - Storage I-200-21215-500184 | $88,323/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Aug 03, 2021 | Certified |
Senior Engineer I-200-21196-462980 | $120,500/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Jul 14, 2021 | Certified |
Staff Engineer, Firmware Security I-200-21196-462982 | $140,500/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Jul 14, 2021 | Certified |
Senior Product & Applications Engineer I-200-21092-194315 | $109,203/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 02, 2021 | Certified |
ASIC Verification Engineer I-200-21092-194328 | $96,280/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 02, 2021 | Certified |
Staff SQA DVT Engineer I-200-21092-194347 | $128,724/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Apr 02, 2021 | Certified |
HR Generalist I-200-21069-133909 | $79,728/yr | II | San Jose, CA | Mar 09, 2021 | Certified |
Engineer, System Performance Characterization I-200-21062-118126 | $98,846/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 03, 2021 | Certified |
Senior Engineer, Firmware I-200-21063-118893 | $113,291/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 03, 2021 | Certified |
Senior Staff Engineer, Firmware Test I-200-21063-118900 | $135,133/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 03, 2021 | Certified |
Senior Engineer, Firmware Test I-200-21063-118898 | $103,541/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 03, 2021 | Certified |
Senior Product & Applications Engineer I-200-21063-118903 | $115,133/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 03, 2021 | Certified |
HRIS Analyst I-200-21062-118084 | $79,728/yr | II | San Jose, CA | Mar 03, 2021 | Withdrawn |
Senior Engineer, Firmware Test & Analysis I-200-21060-110130 | $115,500/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Mar 01, 2021 | Certified |
SQA Joint Qualification Engineer, Staff I-200-21040-066885 | $135,000/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Feb 09, 2021 | Certified |
Principal Engineer I-200-20300-888639 | $184,336/yr | — | San Jose, CA | Oct 26, 2020 | 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: Mar and Apr — 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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