Freeport Minerals — 186 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 21
- Filings · FY2025
- $117k
- Median base · FY2025
- Metallurgist II
- Top role · 9 all-time
- AZ
- Top state · 175 all-time
Freeport Minerals filed 21 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 91% from the year before), with a median base salary of $117k and the middle 50% of offers between $95k and $127k. Across all years it has 186 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Metallurgist II in Arizona.
How much does Freeport Minerals pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $117k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Freeport Minerals's H-1B hiring changed by year?
6 certified filings in FY2016 → 29 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 29 | +38% | $107k |
| FY2025 | 21 | +91% | $117k |
| FY2024 | 11 | −42% | $107k |
| FY2023 | 19 | +27% | $128k |
| FY2022 | 15 | +50% | $95k |
| FY2021 | 10 | −60% | $94k |
| FY2020 | 25 | +47% | $87k |
| FY2019 | 17 | +70% | $86k |
| FY2018 | 10 | −57% | $105k |
| FY2017 | 23 | +283% | $87k |
| FY2016 | 6 | — | $80k |
Which wage levels does Freeport Minerals file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 44% of Freeport Minerals's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 177 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I18.6%33
- Level II37.3%66
- Level III22.0%39
- Level IV22.0%39
What jobs does Freeport Minerals sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Metallurgist II | 9 | $93k |
| Chief Metallurgist | 9 | $124k |
| Mine Engineer I | 9 | $86k |
| Mine Engineer II | 8 | $104k |
| Metallurgist I | 6 | $74k |
| Chief Environmental Engineer | 5 | $135k |
| Senior Environmental Engineer | 4 | $90k |
| Geologist II | 4 | $79k |
| Manager Metallurgy | 4 | $156k |
| Geomechanical Engineer II | 4 | $95k |
Where does Freeport Minerals hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| AZ | 175 | $101k |
| NJ | 3 | $107k |
| CO | 2 | $117k |
| TX | 1 | $128k |
| LA | 1 | $127k |
| NM | 1 | $130k |
| NY | 1 | $135k |
| OH | 1 | $140k |
| PA | 1 | $143k |
What has Freeport Minerals filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 186 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Freeport Minerals's H-1B filings
- How much does Freeport Minerals pay H-1B workers?
- Freeport Minerals's median certified H-1B base salary is $117k (FY2025), from 21 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Freeport Minerals sponsor?
- Freeport Minerals has 186 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Freeport Minerals sponsor for H-1B?
- Freeport Minerals's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Metallurgist II, Chief Metallurgist, Mine Engineer I, Mine Engineer II.
- Where does Freeport Minerals hire H-1B workers?
- Freeport Minerals's top H-1B worksite states are AZ, NJ, CO, TX.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →