25 certified Labor Condition Applications on file with the U.S. Department of Labor, FY2025–FY2026.
Since September 2025, DOL's Project Firewall opens H-1B investigations without waiting for a complaint. These checkpoints come from Unified School District 480, Liberal'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%.
Median offered wage is 4% above the DOL prevailing wage across 25 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 — Unified School District 480, Liberal sponsors H-1B workers, with 25 certified LCAs on file (FY2025–FY2026), including 1 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $57,575 (P25 $55,084, P75 $60,618). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Unified School District 480, Liberal H-1B sponsorship at a glance, from public U.S. DOL LCA disclosure data (FY2025–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; 71% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| FY2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 Withdrawn are LCAs that were certified and later withdrawn by the employer; they still count toward Total.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Teacher I-200-25353-497774 | $59,573/yr | IV | Liberal, KS | Dec 19, 2025 | Certified |
Special Education Teacher I-200-25209-203053 | $55,413/yr | III | Liberal, KS | Jul 28, 2025 | Certified |
World History Teacher I-200-25209-203054 | $74,307/yr | IV | Liberal, KS | Jul 28, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary School Teacher I-200-25184-151959 | $57,575/yr | IV | Liberal, KS | Jul 03, 2025 | Certified |
Special Education Teacher I-200-25184-151972 | $55,084/yr | II | Liberal, KS | Jul 03, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary School Teacher I-200-25184-151963 | $60,865/yr | IV | Liberal, KS | Jul 03, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary School Teacher I-200-25158-065800 | $51,137/yr | II | Liberal, KS | Jun 07, 2025 | Certified |
Secondary School Teacher I-200-25154-047768 | $55,084/yr | III | Liberal, KS | Jun 03, 2025 | Certified |
Secondary School Teacher I-200-25154-047767 | $60,865/yr | IV | Liberal, KS | Jun 03, 2025 | Certified |
Secondary Mathematics Teacher I-200-25148-024138 | $67,163/yr | — | Liberal, KS | May 28, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary School Teacher I-200-25143-011069 | $51,137/yr | II | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Secondary School Teacher I-200-25143-011055 | $55,930/yr | III | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Special Education Teacher I-200-25143-011064 | $58,562/yr | III | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Special Education Teacher I-200-25143-011066 | $55,413/yr | II | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Special Education Teacher I-200-25143-011076 | $52,123/yr | II | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Kindergarten Teacher I-200-25143-011068 | $51,137/yr | III | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Special Education Teacher I-200-25143-011058 | $65,988/yr | II | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary School Teacher I-200-25143-011075 | $54,097/yr | III | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Secondary School Teacher I-200-25143-011053 | $61,852/yr | IV | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Middle School Teacher I-200-25143-011061 | $55,084/yr | III | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Middle School Teacher I-200-25143-011057 | $57,575/yr | III | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary School Teacher I-200-25143-011071 | $59,878/yr | IV | Liberal, KS | May 23, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary School Teacher I-200-25136-985648 | $59,549/yr | — | Liberal, KS | May 16, 2025 | Certified |
Elementary School Teacher I-200-25136-985729 | $55,413/yr | — | Liberal, KS | May 16, 2025 | Certified |
Secondary Mathematics Teacher I-200-25132-964675 | $58,233/yr | — | Liberal, KS | May 12, 2025 | 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 FY2025–FY2026 disclosure records.
Most active filing months: May and Jul — 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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