H-1B sponsorship profile: Hot Topic, Inc. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Hot Topic, Inc filed 31 Labor Condition Applications covering 31 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (31 certified of 31 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on Hot Topic, Inc’s H-1B petitions range from $65,000 at the low end to $208,005 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $126,770. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Dev Ops Engineer (2 petitions at $130,811 avg), followed by BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ANALYST and Allocation Analyst . H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. Hot Topic, Inc is headquartered in CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA under NAICS code 31599, and places H-1B workers across 7 states, most heavily in CA, OH, WA. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where Hot Topic, Inc ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Hot Topic, Inc is #7,128 of 119,880 employers nationally and #1,027 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.