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Hunter College of the City University of New York

NEW YORK, NYFEIN 13-3893536NAICS 611310

Likely cap-exempt

Likely cap-exempt because most of its LCAs give NAICS 611310 (colleges and universities). Cap-exempt employers (universities, their affiliated nonprofits, nonprofit and government research organizations) hire outside the H-1B lottery. This is a rule applied to the data, not a USCIS determination; a for-profit college can match it. The rule

Certified LCAs, FY2026
54

57 filed, through June 30, 2026

Median offered pay, FY2026
$98,995

Yearly, certified full-time LCAs

Entry-level share
0%

0 software, data, finance or quant LCAs at level I or II, FY2025 and FY2026

USCIS initial approvals, FY2023
7

Workers new to H-1B employment with this employer

LCAs by fiscal year

Every Labor Condition Application this employer filed, by the status DOL gave it.

0204060FY2023: 59 certified LCAsFY2024: 36 certified LCAsFY2025: 46 certified LCAsFY2026 (partial year): 54 certified LCAs54FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
* partial fiscal year (latest DOL release so far)
Fiscal yearFiledCertifiedWithdrawnDeniedCertified workersSource
FY202362593059DOL LCA FY2023 Q1-Q4, 62 rows
FY202441365036DOL LCA FY2024 Q1-Q4, 41 rows
FY202547461046DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 47 rows
FY202657543054DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 57 rows

FY2026 covers October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 (the latest DOL release). Withdrawn includes certified-then-withdrawn.

What is an LCA, and what do these statuses mean?

A Labor Condition Application is the form an employer files with the Department of Labor before an H-1B, H-1B1 or E-3 petition. It names the job, the worksite and the wage.

Certified means DOL accepted it. Withdrawn means the employer withdrew it. Denied means DOL rejected it. A certified LCA shows intent to hire into a role; it is not a visa and not a petition approval.

Offered pay

Yearly pay on certified, full-time LCAs with a valid wage. The bar spans the 25th to 75th percentile; the tick is the median.

Offered wage by role group, FY2025 and FY2026

Per fiscal year; percentiles are not combined across years. The prevailing wage is the wage DOL requires for the occupation, area and level on each LCA, annualized the same way.

Role groupYearCertified25th pctMedian75th pctPrevailing wage, medianSource
Software engineeringFY20251$125,932$125,932$125,932$123,656DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 1 rows
Data and analyticsFY20251$141,643$141,643$141,643$141,643DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 1 rows
IT and systemsFY20261$115,190$115,190$115,190$115,190DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 1 rows
EngineeringFY20261$111,729$111,729$111,729$108,212DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 1 rows
OtherFY202652$97,487$98,995$108,021$98,995DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 52 rows
OtherFY202544$88,998$94,909$104,279$94,909DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 43 rows

Wage level mix, FY2025 and FY2026

The prevailing wage level the employer chose on each certified LCA. Level I is the entry level.

Level I
3%3
Level II
2%2
Level III
1%1
Level IV
0%0
Not stated
94%94

Since the FY2027 cap season, the H-1B lottery gives a registration 1 entry at wage level I, 2 at II, 3 at III and 4 at IV (rule effective February 27, 2026). USCIS announcement. Levels shown are those on past LCAs.

How is pay calculated?

Filed uses the lower end of the pay range on each LCA (the figure the employer commits to) and turns it into a yearly amount: hourly x 2,080, weekly x 52, every two weeks x 26, monthly x 12.

Amounts under $15,000 or over $1,000,000 a year are almost always a unit typo (a salary entered as hourly), so they are left out of pay figures but still counted as LCAs.

Role groups, FY2025 and FY2026

Certified LCAs by occupation group (from the SOC code on each LCA).

  • Other9696%
  • Software engineering11%
  • Data and analytics11%
  • IT and systems11%
  • Engineering11%

Entry-level signal

0 entry-level LCAs, 0% of 100 certified, FY2025 to FY2026

entry-level LCAs = certified LCAs in Software engineering, Data and analytics, Finance, or Quant and actuarial at wage level I or II
share = entry-level LCAs / all certified LCAs, same fiscal years

USCIS initial approvals, same years: not loaded (USCIS years loaded: FY2023)

A count of past filings, not a probability of sponsorship.

Top job titles, FY2026

  1. 1ASSISTANT PROFESSOR31
  2. 2DOCTORAL LECTURER5
  3. 3LECTURER (DOCTORAL SCHEDULE)3
  4. 4LECTURER2
  5. 5LECTURER, DOCTORAL SCHEDULE2

Top worksite states, FY2026

  1. 1NY54

USCIS petition decisions

From the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, matched by name, state and the last four tax ID digits.

Fiscal yearInitial approvedof which new employmentInitial deniedContinuing approvedContinuing deniedSource
FY20237–090USCIS Data Hub FY2023, 6 rows

Initial = New Employment + New Concurrent (a change of status from F-1 counts as New Employment). The FY2023 file reports initial and continuing only, so New Employment is shown as – for it.

Initial or continuing: what is the difference?

Initial approvals are workers new to H-1B employment with this employer, including a student moving from F-1 (OPT) status. Continuing covers extensions, amendments and workers changing to this employer from another H-1B employer.

USCIS counts workers, not forms, and reports the first decision on each petition.

Name variants seen

Every spelling this employer used on its filings.

  • Hunter College of the City University of New York37 LCAs
  • John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY26 LCAs
  • City University of New York23 LCAs
  • The City College of New York21 LCAs
  • Brooklyn College of The City University of New York18 LCAs
  • Herbert H. Lehman College17 LCAs
  • The City College of New York - CUNY11 LCAs
  • College of Staten Island of the City University of New York9 LCAs
  • The Graduate School & Univ Ctr of the City University of NY8 LCAs
  • Brooklyn College of the City University of New York7 LCAs
  • College of Staten Island/The City University of New York6 LCAs
  • HERBERT H LEHMAN COLLEGE OF CUNY6 USCIS rows
  • College of Staten Island4 LCAs
  • Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY4 LCAs
  • Herbert H. Lehman College of CUNY3 LCAs
  • Queens College of The City University of New York3 LCAs
  • CUNY - New York City College of Technology2 LCAs
  • CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy2 LCAs
  • CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice1 LCAs
  • City University of New York School of Medicine1 LCAs
  • City University of New York, Hunter College1 LCAs
  • College of Staten Island/City University of New York1 LCAs
  • Hunter College, The City University of New York1 LCAs
  • JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CUNY1 LCAs

LCAs are grouped by the employer’s federal tax ID (FEIN). A few one-off names under a large employer are usually another company’s FEIN typo. 104 LCAs in the last two fiscal years.