How to read the numbers

1. Step 1

   Employer files an LCA

   with the Department of Labor

2. Step 2

   DOL certifies it

   or it is withdrawn or denied

3. Step 3

   Employer files a petition

   with USCIS

4. Step 4

   USCIS decides

   approves or denies the petition

Steps 1 and 2 come from DOL’s LCA disclosure files; steps 3 and 4 from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. An LCA shows that an employer intended to hire into a role. It is not a petition and not a visa.

LCA (Labor Condition Application)

The form (ETA-9035) an employer files with the Department of Labor before it can file an H-1B, H-1B1 or E-3 petition. It states the job title, the occupation code, the worksite and the wage. One LCA can cover more than one worker.

Certified, withdrawn, denied

Certified: DOL accepted the LCA. Withdrawn: the employer withdrew it (Filed also counts “certified, then withdrawn” here). Denied: DOL rejected it. Filed means all of them together.

Offered wage

The lower end of the pay range on the LCA, which is the amount the employer commits to, turned into a yearly figure (hourly x 2,080, weekly x 52, every two weeks x 26, monthly x 12). Pay figures use certified, full-time LCAs only, and leave out amounts under $15,000 or over $1,000,000 a year, which are nearly always unit typos.

Wage level (I to IV)

The prevailing wage level the employer chose for the job, from the government’s wage survey for that occupation and area. Level I is the entry level, IV the most senior. It shows where an employer usually files; it is not the level USCIS will assign to a future registration.

Prevailing wage

The minimum wage DOL requires for that occupation, area and level. The employer page shows its median next to the offered pay, so you can see how far above the floor an employer pays.

Entry-level signal

A count and a share: certified LCAs in software, data, finance and quant roles at wage level I or II, out of all the employer’s certified LCAs, over the last two loaded fiscal years. It is a count of past filings, not a probability of sponsorship.

USCIS initial and continuing approvals

From the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. Initial: workers new to H-1B employment with that employer, including a student moving from F-1 (OPT). Continuing: extensions, amendments and workers moving from another H-1B employer. USCIS counts workers and reports its first decision on each petition.

H-1B dependent

The employer’s own answer in the “H-1B dependent” field of its latest LCAs. Filed shows what the employer reported and does not check it.

Likely cap-exempt

Universities, their affiliated nonprofits and nonprofit research organizations hire outside the H-1B lottery. Filed flags an employer as likely cap-exempt by a stated rule (its NAICS code, its name, or IRS nonprofit records when loaded). It is not a USCIS determination. The rule

Employer, FEIN and related entities

An employer on Filed is one federal tax ID (FEIN). Big companies often file under several legal entities, and Filed never merges them; related entities are linked on each page instead, each with its own figures.

• !An LCA is filed before a petition. It shows intent to hire, not an approved visa.
• !USCIS data lags DOL data, and later USCIS years are published only in an interactive viewer; the years loaded are listed below.
• !Internships usually run on CPT and first jobs on OPT, which these files do not cover.
• !Matching by tax ID and name can split one company across legal entities or miss a USCIS record.
• !Past filings do not guarantee future sponsorship. This is not legal advice.