EMPLOYMENT TYPE MIX · DOL LCA DATA

West Virginia University H-1B New Employment

Of West Virginia University's 343 certified H-1B filings with a stated employment type (FY2021–2026), 35.9% are new employment at a median of $130K/year. The rest are extensions, transfers and amendments for workers already sponsored.

35.9%
New Employment
123
New-Hire Filings
$130K
Median, New Hires
$114K
Median, Renewals

Is West Virginia University Hiring New H-1B Workers?

Yes. At 35.9%, West Virginia University files a high share of genuinely new H-1B employment, so a meaningful part of its sponsorship goes to people it has not sponsored before. That is the population an outside applicant joins.

Employment Type Breakdown at West Virginia University

New employmentA worker not already on H-1B with this employer, the route in from outside
123 filings · 35.9%
Continuation / extensionExtending an existing H-1B for someone already on staff
58 filings · 16.9%
Change of employerTaking on a worker who already holds H-1B elsewhere
24 filings · 7%
Amended petitionChanging the terms of an existing petition, such as a new work site
89 filings · 25.9%
Change at same employerA material change to the same worker's existing role
3 filings · 0.9%
Concurrent employmentA second, simultaneous H-1B alongside another employer
48 filings · 14%

Bars are scaled to this employer's largest category, not to 100%. Percentages are of West Virginia University's 343 certified filings that state an employment type. A small number of filings tick more than one box, so the shares can total slightly above 100%.

Is That Share Rising or Falling?

FY2022
89.2% of 37
FY2023
63.2% of 38
FY2024
47.6% of 82
FY2025
13.8% of 138
FY2026
16.7% of 48

New-employment share per fiscal year, each against that year's filings with a stated type. Bars are scaled to this employer's peak year.

What Roles Is West Virginia University Hiring Into?

Job titles on West Virginia University's new-employment filings specifically, which is what it is actually growing rather than merely maintaining.

RoleNew-Hire FilingsMedian Wage
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other21$274K
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary14$138K
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary12$94K
Physicians, All Other7$336K
General Internal Medicine Physicians6$284K
Neurologists5$301K
Business Teachers, Postsecondary3$130K
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary3$93K

Why This Number Matters

Total sponsorship volume is the figure most job boards quote, and on its own it is misleading. An employer filing thousands of petitions a year can be filing almost all of them to extend people it sponsored years ago, which tells an outside applicant very little about their odds.

The new-employment share separates the two. It is the employer's own checkbox on the Labor Condition Application, not an estimate, and it identifies the filings that represent someone entering the company rather than staying in it.

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Counted from US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files (FY2021–2026) for certified petitions filed by West Virginia University with annual wages between $30K and $1M. Shares are of the 343 filings that tick at least one employment-type box; the remaining 21.7% of West Virginia University's 438 certified filings state no type and are excluded rather than counted as renewals. A certified LCA is a step toward an H-1B petition, not an approved visa.