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Level 3 Communications

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Level 3 Communications. Filed 251 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2019 from worksites with a CO headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2019

Certified

100.0%

unconditional · FY2019

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2019

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2019

Summary

Level 3 Communications is a Colorado-based telecommunications and information technology company that has been an active H-1B sponsor. In fiscal year 2019, the company filed 33 H-1B petitions with a 100% certification rate, reflecting strong compliance that year.

Over its full filing history from 2010 to 2019, Level 3 Communications submitted 251 total H-1B petitions with an all-time certified rate of 84.46%. The company withdrew 3.59% of applications and had 3.98% denied. Software Developers dominated the company's H-1B hiring, accounting for 104 of all filings, followed by Data Scientists (26 filings) and Computer Network Architects (21 filings). The company also filed for roles in Urban and Regional Planning and other specialized computer occupations.

Level 3's H-1B activity ranged from 16 filings in 2018 to 33 in both 2012 and 2019, showing consistent but moderate use of the visa program for specialized technical and professional roles.

Level 3 Communications H-1B sponsor
H-1B software developer sponsorship
Level 3 Communications visa filings
H-1B telecommunications employer
Colorado H-1B employer

H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of Level 3 Communications’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	84.5%
Cert-withdrawn	8.0%
Withdrawn	3.6%
Denied	4.0%

Certified84.5%

Cert-withdrawn8.0%

Withdrawn3.6%

Denied4.0%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Level 3 Communications across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	104
2	15-2051	Data Scientists	26
3	15-1241	Computer Network Architects	21
4	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	18
5	19-3051	Urban and Regional Planners	13
6	13-2011	Accountants and Auditors	7
7	15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	6
8	15-1211	Computer Systems Analysts	5
9	13-1111	Management Analysts	5
10	15-1253	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	5

Software Developers

104

Data Scientists

Computer Network Architects

Computer Occupations, All Other

Urban and Regional Planners

Accountants and Auditors

Operations Research Analysts

Computer Systems Analysts

Management Analysts

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	17
FY2011	22
FY2012	33
FY2013	27
FY2014	31
FY2015	22
FY2016	29
FY2017	21
FY2018	16
FY2019	33

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