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FANTUAN GROUP INC. H-1B company data

Employer profile assembled from DOL OFLC LCA rows and USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub petition summaries. Rows below include aliases, source IDs, filing coverage, petition counts, role coverage, worksite coverage, and wage summary fields when present.

Role rows Wage rows Trends

Employer	LCA filings	Role titles	Worksites	Coverage	USCIS approvals	Top role	Sources	Open
FANTUAN GROUP INC. FANTUAN GROUP, INC., CHOWBUS, FANTUAN GROUP INC	43	16	12	FY2016 to FY2019 Latest decision 2019-06-18	10	FINANCIAL ANALYST 14 filings	dol_oflc_lca, uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub	Profile

Activity summary

LCA filings	43
Certified LCAs	43
Denied LCAs	0
Role titles	16
Worksites	12
Latest decision	2019-06-18
USCIS approvals	10
USCIS denials	7

Aliases and source names

Aliases	Source Names	Sources
FANTUAN GROUP, INC., CHOWBUS, FANTUAN GROUP INC	FANTUAN GROUP INC., FANTUAN GROUP INC	dol_oflc_lca, uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub

Top roles

Title	SOC	LCA filings	Low wage min	High wage max
FINANCIAL ANALYST	13-2051 FINANCIAL ANALYSTS	14	$52,000	$124,800
LOGISTICS OPERATIONS MANAGER	11-3071 TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGERS	5	$68,640	$68,640
ADVERSTING AND PROMOTIONS MANAGER	11-2011 ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONS MANAGERS	3	$68,640	$68,640
BACK-END ENGINEER	15-1132	2	$68,250	$0
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ANALYST	13-1161 MARKET RESEARCH ANALYSTS AND MARKETING SPECIALISTS	2	$49,920	$49,920
DIGITAL MARKETING SPECIALIST	13-1161 MARKET RESEARCH ANALYSTS AND MARKETING SPECIALISTS	2	$49,920	$49,920
FINANCIAL PLANNING ANALYST	13-2051 FINANCIAL ANALYSTS	2	$81,120	$81,120
GRAPHIC SPECIALIST	27-1024 GRAPHIC DESIGNERS	2	$52,000	$52,000
IOS ENGINEER	15-1132	2	$72,800	$0
MARKETING INFORMATION MANAGER	11-2021 MARKETING MANAGERS	2	$97,760	$97,760

Top markets

City	State	Postal Code	LCA Count	Role Title Count	Wage Low Min	Wage High Max	First Fiscal Year	Latest Fiscal Year
Chicago	IL	60605	14	8	49,920	0	2,017	2,018
Chicago	IL	60654	8	6	33,280	33,280	2,016	2,018
Chicago	IL	60604	7	7	49,920	97,760	2,018	2,019
Waltham	MA	02453	3	2	81,120	0	2,018	2,018
San Francisco	CA	94107	2	1	124,800	124,800	2,019	2,019
Chicago	IL	60608	2	2	43,680	0	2,016	2,016
Auburndale	MA	02466	2	2	81,120	81,120	2,019	2,019
Allston	MA	02134	1	1	52,000	52,000	2,019	2,019
Allston	MA	2134	1	1	61,000	80,000	2,019	2,019
Cambridge	MA	02141	1	1	52,000	0	2,018	2,018

Full company payload

Company ID	company:fantuan group
Name	FANTUAN GROUP INC.
Normalized Name	fantuan group
Source Company Ids	company_dol_oflc_lca_fantuan_group_inc, company_uscis_h1b_datahub_fantuan_group_inc_tax_5685, company_uscis_h1b_datahub_fantuan_group_inc_tax_5684
Source Names	FANTUAN GROUP INC., FANTUAN GROUP INC
Aliases	FANTUAN GROUP, INC., CHOWBUS, FANTUAN GROUP INC
Sources	dol_oflc_lca, uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub

Names

{
  "source_names": [
    "FANTUAN GROUP INC.",
    "FANTUAN GROUP INC"
  ],
  "dba_names": [
    "FANTUAN GROUP, INC.",
    "CHOWBUS"
  ],
  "name_variants": [
    {
      "value": "FANTUAN GROUP INC",
      "filing_count": 8,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2017,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2018,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
      "value": "FANTUAN GROUP INC.",
      "filing_count": 7,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
      "value": "FANTUAN GROUP, INC.",
      "filing_count": 2,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
      "value": "CHOWBUS",
      "filing_count": 1,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
      "value": "FANTUAN GROUP INC",
      "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
    },
    {
      "value": "FANTUAN GROUP INC",
      "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
    }
  ]
}

Identifiers

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  {
    "identifier_type": "tax_id_last_four",
    "identifier_value": "5685",
    "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
  },
  {
    "identifier_type": "tax_id_last_four",
    "identifier_value": "5684",
    "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
  }
]

LCA Activity

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  "case_count": 43,
  "role_title_count": 16,
  "worksite_count": 12,
  "total_workers": 43,
  "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
  "first_received_date": "2016-03-03",
  "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
  "latest_decision_date": "2019-06-18",
  "certified_count": 43,
  "denied_count": 0,
  "status_breakdown": [
    {
      "value": "CERTIFIED",
      "filing_count": 43,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    }
  ],
  "visa_class_breakdown": [
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      "value": "H-1B",
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      "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    }
  ],
  "full_time_position_breakdown": [
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      "value": "N",
      "filing_count": 28,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2017,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
      "value": "Y",
      "filing_count": 11,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2018,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    }
  ]
}

Petition Activity

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      "total_approval": 0,
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      "continuing_denial": 0,
      "petition_count_id": "petition_count_uscis_h1b_archive_fantuan_group_inc_tax_5685_2017",
      "source_record_ids": [
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      ],
      "continuing_approval": 0
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      ],
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Addresses

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      "first_fiscal_year": 2018,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "latest_decision_date": "2019-06-18",
      "source_ids": [
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    },
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      "case_count": 3,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2019,
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    },
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      "latest_decision_date": "2017-03-30",
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    },
    {
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      "case_count": 2,
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      "latest_decision_date": "2016-03-09",
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    },
    {
      "address_kind": "worksite",
      "raw_address": "AUBURNDALE MA 02466",
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      "county": "Middlesex",
      "state": "MA",
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      "case_count": 2,
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    },
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    },
    {
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    "has_street_address_evidence": true,
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}

Geography

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      "city": "Allston",
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      "postal_code": "02134",
      "lca_count": 1,
      "role_title_count": 1,
      "wage_low_min": 52000,
      "wage_high_max": 52000,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019
    },
    {
      "city": "Allston",
      "state": "MA",
      "postal_code": "2134",
      "lca_count": 1,
      "role_title_count": 1,
      "wage_low_min": 61000,
      "wage_high_max": 80000,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019
    },
    {
      "city": "Cambridge",
      "state": "MA",
      "postal_code": "02141",
      "lca_count": 1,
      "role_title_count": 1,
      "wage_low_min": 52000,
      "wage_high_max": 0,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2018,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2018
    }
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}

Industry

{
  "naics_codes": [
    "511210",
    "51"
  ],
  "naics_breakdown": [
    {
      "value": "511210",
      "filing_count": 39,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2017,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    }
  ]
}

Wage Summary

{
  "annualized_low_min": 33280,
  "annualized_high_max": 124800,
  "annualized_low_avg": 70321.1860465116
}

Trend

[
  {
    "fiscal_year": 2016,
    "quarter": "Q2",
    "lca_count": 4,
    "case_count": 4,
    "role_title_count": 3,
    "worksite_count": 2,
    "wage_low_min": 43680,
    "wage_high_max": 0,
    "wage_low_avg": 60320
  },
  {
    "fiscal_year": 2017,
    "quarter": "Q2",
    "lca_count": 5,
    "case_count": 5,
    "role_title_count": 3,
    "worksite_count": 2,
    "wage_low_min": 33280,
    "wage_high_max": 33280,
    "wage_low_avg": 51168
  },
  {
    "fiscal_year": 2018,
    "quarter": "Q2",
    "lca_count": 20,
    "case_count": 20,
    "role_title_count": 10,
    "worksite_count": 5,
    "wage_low_min": 49920,
    "wage_high_max": 0,
    "wage_low_avg": 72214.85
  },
  {
    "fiscal_year": 2019,
    "quarter": "Q2",
    "lca_count": 14,
    "case_count": 14,
    "role_title_count": 10,
    "worksite_count": 7,
    "wage_low_min": 49920,
    "wage_high_max": 124800,
    "wage_low_avg": 77313.8571428571
  }
]

Links

{
  "roles": "/v1/roles?company=FANTUAN%20GROUP%20INC.",
  "wages": "/v1/wages?company=FANTUAN%20GROUP%20INC.",
  "trends": "/v1/trends?company=FANTUAN%20GROUP%20INC."
}

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