22 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 University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science'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%.
Next end date: 2026-12-03. 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.
Frequent amendments usually mean worksite or role changes; each one must be covered by a new LCA before the change takes effect.
Withdrawn or denied LCAs are normal in isolation; a high share suggests workers were moved between filings and the paper trail needs checking.
Median offered wage is 23% above the DOL prevailing wage across 10 recent certified LCAs. Paying at the floor is lawful, but it invites the question of whether the wage level itself is right.
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 — University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science sponsors H-1B workers, with 22 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 1 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $70,000 (P25 $58,000, P75 $79,980). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science 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; 8% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| FY2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assistant Research Scientist/Conservation Scientist I-200-26023-585358 | $62,816/yr | II | Frostburg, MD | Jan 23, 2026 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist I-200-25038-675228 | $72,000/yr | I | Cambridge, MD | Feb 07, 2025 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist I-200-25009-606962 | $72,000/yr | I | Solomons, MD | Jan 09, 2025 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist I-200-24211-229868 | $70,000/yr | I | College Park, MD | Jul 29, 2024 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist I-200-24177-146210 | $92,183/yr | II | Annapolis, MD | Jun 25, 2024 | Certified |
Faculty Research Assistant I-200-24176-143238 | $97,891/yr | II | Annapolis, MD | Jun 24, 2024 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist I-200-24137-002308 | $83,720/yr | IV | Cambridge, MD | May 16, 2024 | Certified |
UX Researcher/Faculty Research Assistant I-200-24082-823137 | $82,000/yr | II | Annapolis, MD | Mar 22, 2024 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist – Postdoc I-200-23352-574221 | $70,000/yr | I | Cambridge, MD | Dec 18, 2023 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist /Postdoc I-200-23303-465118 | $66,872/yr | II | Frostburg, MD | Oct 30, 2023 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist (Post Doc) I-200-23214-232717 | $58,000/yr | I | Frostburg, MD | Aug 02, 2023 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist I-200-22223-410652 | $55,442/yr | I | Frostburg, MD | Aug 11, 2022 | Certified |
Faculty Research Assistant 2, Science Communicator I-200-22117-112316 | $54,621/yr | I | Cambridge, MD | Apr 27, 2022 | Certified |
Program Manager I-200-22013-828417 | $69,000/yr | II | Annapolis, MD | Jan 13, 2022 | Certified |
Assistant Research Scientist I-200-21354-776734 | $75,715/yr | II | Annapolis, MD | Dec 20, 2021 | Certified |
Research Analyst I-200-21259-587370 | $78,670/yr | III | Herndon, VA | Sep 16, 2021 | Certified |
Post-doc, Assistant Research Scientist I-200-21258-584808 | $52,520/yr | II | Cambridge, MD | Sep 15, 2021 | Certified |
Geospatial Analyst I-200-21232-535504 | $81,580/yr | II | Knoxville, TN | Aug 20, 2021 | Certified |
Post-doc, Assistant Research Scientist I-200-21043-074015 | $50,000/yr | I | Cambridge, MD | Feb 12, 2021 | Certified |
Faculty Research Assistant I-200-21019-020189 | $79,980/yr | II | Annapolis, MD | Jan 19, 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: Jan and Feb — 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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