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Sanford

FARGO, NDFEIN 27-1218956NAICS 622110

Certified LCAs, FY2026
41

45 filed, through June 30, 2026

Median offered pay, FY2026
$66,040

Yearly, certified full-time LCAs

Entry-level share
3%

3 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.

0204060FY2023: 30 certified LCAsFY2024: 53 certified LCAsFY2025: 47 certified LCAsFY2026 (partial year): 41 certified LCAs41FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
* partial fiscal year (latest DOL release so far)
Fiscal yearFiledCertifiedWithdrawnDeniedCertified workersSource
FY202330300030DOL LCA FY2023 Q1-Q4, 30 rows
FY202453530053DOL LCA FY2024 Q1-Q4, 53 rows
FY202551474047DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 51 rows
FY202645414041DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 45 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 Withdrawn includes certified-then-withdrawn.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 Withdrawn means the employer withdrew it.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 engineeringFY20262$87,714$89,378$91,042$84,822DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 2 rows
Software engineeringFY20251$90,002$90,002$90,002$85,238DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 1 rows
IT and systemsFY20263$81,141$87,360$103,584$74,922DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 3 rows
OtherFY202636$52,244$65,416$71,141$46,706DOL LCA FY2026 Q3, 36 rows
OtherFY202546$39,915$61,360$67,350$45,469DOL LCA FY2025 Q1-Q4, 45 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
42%37
Level II
48%42
Level III
8%7
Level IV
2%2
Not stated
0%0

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).

  • Other8293%
  • Software engineering33%
  • IT and systems33%

Entry-level signal

3 entry-level LCAs, 3% of 88 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. 1MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTIST18
  2. 2REGISTERED NURSE5
  3. 3PATHOLOGY TECHNICIAN4
  4. 4OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST2
  5. 5REGISTERED DIETICIAN2

Top worksite states, FY2026

  1. 1ND23
  2. 2SD10
  3. 3MN6
  4. 4IA1
  5. 5TX1

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.

  • Sanford179 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. 96 LCAs in the last two fiscal years.