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National Oilwell Varco, L.P.

HOUSTON, TXFEIN 76-0488987NAICS 213112

Certified LCAs, FY2026
40

41 filed, through June 30, 2026

Median offered pay, FY2026
$112,750

Yearly, certified full-time LCAs

Entry-level share
27%

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

USCIS initial approvals
–

No USCIS record matched. Years loaded: FY2023

LCAs by fiscal year

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

010203040FY2023: 25 certified LCAsFY2024: 25 certified LCAsFY2025: 35 certified LCAsFY2026 (partial year): 40 certified LCAs40FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
* partial fiscal year (latest DOL release so far)
Fiscal yearFiledCertifiedWithdrawnDeniedCertified workersSource
FY202330255025DOL LCA FY2023 Q1-Q4, 30 rows
FY202427252025DOL LCA FY2024 Q1-Q4, 27 rows
FY202541356035DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 41 rows
FY202641400140DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 41 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 Withdrawn includes certified-then-withdrawn.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 Withdrawn means the employer withdrew it.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 engineeringFY202613$117,209$121,370$133,606$114,208DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 13 rows
Software engineeringFY202514$111,358$125,441$133,900$105,321DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 14 rows
Data and analyticsFY20264$84,710$99,271$117,562$86,380DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 4 rows
Data and analyticsFY20259$129,019$140,000$160,000$111,218DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 9 rows
FinanceFY20261$132,914$132,914$132,914$77,085DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 1 rows
FinanceFY20251$90,677$90,677$90,677$86,278DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 1 rows
IT and systemsFY20262$177,335$184,615$191,894$135,512DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 2 rows
IT and systemsFY20252$107,319$124,759$142,198$110,490DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 2 rows
EngineeringFY202611$87,807$90,084$95,680$82,680DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 11 rows
EngineeringFY20254$87,244$89,421$94,132$79,819DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 4 rows
OtherFY20269$72,000$86,700$121,604$68,286DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 9 rows
OtherFY20255$142,500$150,592$157,376$115,752DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 5 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
29%22
Level II
20%15
Level III
4%3
Level IV
20%15
Not stated
27%20

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).

  • Software engineering2736%
  • Engineering1520%
  • Other1419%
  • Data and analytics1317%
  • IT and systems45%
  • Finance23%

Entry-level signal

20 entry-level LCAs, 27% of 75 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. 1SOFTWARE ENGINEER4
  2. 2CET DATA ANALYST2
  3. 3CET SR. DEVELOPER2
  4. 4SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER2
  5. 5SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION SPECIALIST2

Top worksite states, FY2026

  1. 1TX38
  2. 2OK2

USCIS petition decisions

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

No USCIS Data Hub record matched this employer. USCIS years loaded: FY2023.

Name variants seen

Every spelling this employer used on its filings.

  • National Oilwell Varco, L.P.88 LCAs
  • National Oilwell Varco, L..P50 LCAs
  • NOV, Inc.1 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. 82 LCAs in the last two fiscal years.