Golden Star — 8 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2025)
- 1
- Filings · FY2025
- $88k
- Median base · FY2025
- Mechanical Design Engineer
- Top role · 5 all-time
- IL
- Top state · 8 all-time
Golden Star filed 1 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 50% from the year before), with a median base salary of $88k and the middle 50% of offers between $88k and $88k. That is 3% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 8 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Mechanical Design Engineer in Illinois.
How much does Golden Star 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. $88k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Golden Star's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2017 → 1 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1 | −50% | $88k |
| FY2024 | 2 | 0% | $83k |
| FY2022 | 2 | 0% | $80k |
| FY2019 | 2 | +100% | $61k |
| FY2017 | 1 | — | $54k |
Which wage levels does Golden Star file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 0% of Golden Star'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 8 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I37.5%3
- Level II62.5%5
What jobs does Golden Star 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Design Engineer | 5 | $80k |
| Mechanical Project Engineer | 2 | $88k |
| Industrial Engineer | 1 | $54k |
Where does Golden Star 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IL | 8 | $80k |
What has Golden Star filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Golden Star: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mechanical Project Engineer | $87,547 |
| 2024 | Mechanical Design Engineer | $83,013 |
| 2024 | Mechanical Project Engineer | $90,000 |
| 2022 | Mechanical Design Engineer | $80,080 |
| 2022 | Mechanical Design Engineer | $80,080 |
| 2019 | Mechanical Design Engineer | $61,152 |
| 2019 | Mechanical Design Engineer | $61,152 |
| 2017 | Industrial Engineer | $53,500 |
Common questions about Golden Star's H-1B filings
- How much does Golden Star pay H-1B workers?
- Golden Star's median certified H-1B base salary is $88k (FY2025), from 1 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Golden Star sponsor?
- Golden Star has 8 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2025).
- What jobs does Golden Star sponsor for H-1B?
- Golden Star's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Mechanical Design Engineer, Mechanical Project Engineer, Industrial Engineer.
- Where does Golden Star hire H-1B workers?
- Golden Star's top H-1B worksite states are IL.
- 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 (FY2017–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →