18 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 Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine'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: 2026-10-19. 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.
Withdrawn or denied LCAs are normal in isolation; a high share suggests workers were moved between filings and the paper trail needs checking.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 6% 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.
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.
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 — Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine sponsors H-1B workers, with 18 certified LCAs on file (FY2021–FY2026), including 3 in FY2026. The median certified salary is $86,000 (P25 $45,011, P75 $109,440). 100% of its certified filings meet or exceed the prevailing wage.
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine 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; 43% of filings are senior-level (III–IV).
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graduate Researcher I-200-26173-036987 | $44,408/yr$21/hr as filed | II | Kalamazoo, MI | Jun 22, 2026 | Certified |
IT Data Analyst I-200-26153-972588 | $66,990/yr | I | Kalamazoo, MI | Jun 02, 2026 | Certified |
Postdoctoral Fellow I-200-25361-512267 | $75,564/yr | II | Kalamazoo, MI | Dec 26, 2025 | Certified |
Research Associate I-200-25171-115344 | $90,575/yr | IV | Kalamazoo, MI | Jun 20, 2025 | Certified |
Research Laboratory Technician II I-200-25112-889356 | $40,788/yr$19/hr as filed | I | Kalamazoo, MI | Apr 22, 2025 | Certified, withdrawn |
Postdoctoral Fellow I-200-25069-761352 | $64,356/yr | I | Kalamazoo, MI | Mar 10, 2025 | Certified |
Research Laboratory Technician II I-200-24197-195577 | $45,011/yr$21/hr as filed | II | Kalamazoo, MI | Jul 15, 2024 | Certified |
Faculty, Investigative Medicine Assistant Professor I-200-24081-819130 | $114,000/yr | III | Kalamazoo, MI | Mar 21, 2024 | Certified |
Research Laboratory Technician II / Research Assistant I-200-24011-634122 | $39,998/yr$19/hr as filed | II | Kalamazoo, MI | Jan 11, 2024 | Certified |
Post-Doctoral Fellow I-200-24011-634120 | $56,484/yr | I | Kalamazoo, MI | Jan 11, 2024 | Certified |
Faculty, Infectious Disease, Assistant Professor I-200-23261-354149 | $218,070/yr | IV | Kalamazoo, MI | Sep 18, 2023 | Certified |
Post Doctoral Fellow I-200-23087-882694 | $59,592/yr | I | Kalamazoo, MI | Mar 28, 2023 | Certified |
Research Associate I-200-22249-457249 | $86,000/yr | IV | Kalamazoo, MI | Sep 06, 2022 | Certified |
Research Associate I-200-22220-401788 | $86,000/yr | IV | Kalamazoo, MI | Aug 08, 2022 | Certified |
Faculty, Infectious Disease, Assistant Professor I-200-22164-272482 | $215,890/yr | IV | Kalamazoo, MI | Jun 13, 2022 | Certified |
Faculty - Psychiatry Program Director I-200-21301-673414 | $260,000/yr | IV | Kalamazoo, MI | Oct 28, 2021 | Certified |
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs I-200-21258-584371 | $314,163/yr$151/hr as filed | IV | Kalamazoo, MI | Sep 15, 2021 | Certified |
Faculty, Investigative Medicine Assistant Professor I-200-21215-499735 | $109,440/yr | IV | Kalamazoo, MI | Aug 03, 2021 | Certified |
Post-Doctoral Fellow: Project FAIM I-200-20015-254482 | $49,379/yr | I | Kalamazoo, MI | Jan 15, 2020 | Certified, withdrawn |
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 Jun — 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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