53 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2021–FY2025.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from Stark Associates, Llc.'s own public LCA filings (FY2023–FY2025) — 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%.
Median offered wage is 0% above the DOL prevailing wage across 11 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.
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.
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).
Frequent amendments usually mean worksite or role changes; each one must be covered by a new LCA before the change takes effect.
Public DOL disclosure data can lag actual filings by a quarter. Descriptive only — not legal advice.
Yes — Stark Associates, Llc. sponsors H-1B workers, with 53 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2025), including 6 in FY2025. The median certified salary is $72,904 (P25 $69,305, P75 $88,629). With a 28% transfer share, this employer actively accepts H-1B transfers. 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Stark Associates, Llc. H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2021–FY2025).
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; 8% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| FY2022 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| FY2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| FY2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quality Engineer I-200-25226-243745 | $69,389/yr | I | Austin, TX | Aug 14, 2025 | Certified |
Human Resources Specialist I-200-25170-113437 | $60,000/yr | I | Piscataway, NJ | Jun 19, 2025 | Certified |
Quality Assurance Associate I-200-25150-037226 | $72,904/yr | I | East Windsor, NJ | May 30, 2025 | Certified |
Quality Assurance (Qa Tester) I-200-25143-015467 | $72,904/yr | I | East Windsor, NJ | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Computer Systems Validation (Csv) Specialist I-200-24310-454260 | $75,816/yr | I | Summit, NJ | Nov 05, 2024 | Certified |
Computer Systems Validation (Csv) Specialist I-200-24310-454997 | $75,816/yr | I | Summit, NJ | Nov 05, 2024 | Certified |
Validation Consultant I-200-24214-238774 | $70,012/yr$33/hr as filed | I | Houston, TX | Aug 01, 2024 | Certified |
Software Engineer I-200-24208-225890 | $97,760/yr$47/hr as filed | I | Springfield, IL | Jul 26, 2024 | Certified |
Design Quality Engineer I-200-24096-859561 | $73,216/yr | I | Danvers, MA | Apr 05, 2024 | Certified |
Quality Engineer I-200-23312-488415 | $72,862/yr | I | Austin, TX | Nov 08, 2023 | Certified |
Validation Engineer I-200-23286-431477 | $88,629/yr | I | South San Francisco, CA | Oct 13, 2023 | Certified |
Software Developer(Aws) I-200-22119-120692 | $79,914/yr | I | Minnetonka, MN | Apr 29, 2022 | Certified |
Validation Analyst I-200-21176-427917 | $60,000/yr | I | Louisville, KY | Jun 25, 2021 | Certified |
Qa Tester I-200-21173-419501 | $60,000/yr | I | Piscataway, NJ | Jun 22, 2021 | Certified |
Validation Analyst I-200-21173-419469 | $60,000/yr | I | Louisville, KY | Jun 22, 2021 | Certified |
Quality Engineer I-200-21075-151435 | $72,000/yr | I | Austin, TX | Mar 16, 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–FY2025 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: May and Nov — 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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