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TEREX USA, LLC 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
TEREX USA, LLC TEREX USA LLC, TEREX USA, LLC	24	19	6	FY2016 to FY2025 Latest decision 2025-06-23	48	EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DEVELOPER 2 filings	dol_oflc_lca, uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub	Profile

Activity summary

LCA filings	24
Certified LCAs	24
Denied LCAs	0
Role titles	19
Worksites	6
Latest decision	2025-06-23
USCIS approvals	48
USCIS denials	2

Aliases and source names

Aliases	Source Names	Sources
TEREX USA LLC, TEREX USA, LLC	TEREX USA, LLC, TEREX USA LLC	dol_oflc_lca, uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub

Top roles

Title	SOC	LCA filings	Low wage min	High wage max
EMBEDDED SOFTWARE DEVELOPER	15-1132 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, APPLICATIONS	2	$94,650	$117,300
ENGINEER MANAGER	11-9041 ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING MANAGERS	2	$107,523	$125,000
PRODUCTION CONTROL ANALYST	15-1199	2	$78,000	$0
SENIOR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS ANALYST	15-1199 COMPUTER OCCUPATIONS, ALL OTHER	2	$83,250	$94,827
DIRECTOR, IT BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT LEAD	15-1199 COMPUTER OCCUPATIONS, ALL OTHER	1	$118,000	$175,000
IS BUSINESS ANALYST	15-1121	1	$100,000	$0
MANUFACTURING ENGINEER, QA	17-2112	1	$70,800	$80,800
MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING MANAGER	11-9041	1	$101,500	$119,647
MECHANICAL ENGINEER	17-2199	1	$62,600	$100,103
PRODUCT DESIGN ENGINEER	17-2141	1	$66,000	$80,000

Top markets

City	State	Postal Code	LCA Count	Role Title Count	Wage Low Min	Wage High Max	First Fiscal Year	Latest Fiscal Year
Redmond	WA	98052	14	9	67,642	130,000	2,016	2,019
Oklahoma City	OK	73128	5	5	62,600	114,972	2,016	2,019
Napa	CA	94558	2	2	79,248	87,431	2,022	2,025
Westport	CT	6880	1	1	118,000	175,000	2,019	2,019
Fort Wayne	IN	46818	1	1	66,000	80,000	2,016	2,016
Edmond	OK	73012	1	1	107,000	147,000	2,024	2,024

Full company payload

Company ID	company:terex usa
Name	TEREX USA, LLC
Normalized Name	terex usa
Source Company Ids	company_dol_oflc_lca_terex_usa_llc, company_uscis_h1b_datahub_terex_usa_llc_tax_2430, company_uscis_h1b_datahub_terex_usa_llc_tax_1521, company_uscis_h1b_datahub_terex_usa_llc_tax_0091
Source Names	TEREX USA, LLC, TEREX USA LLC
Aliases	TEREX USA LLC, TEREX USA, LLC
Sources	dol_oflc_lca, uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub

Names

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    "TEREX USA, LLC",
    "TEREX USA LLC"
  ],
  "dba_names": [],
  "name_variants": [
    {
      "value": "TEREX USA, LLC",
      "filing_count": 11,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
      "value": "TEREX USA LLC",
      "filing_count": 9,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
      "value": "Terex USA, LLC.",
      "filing_count": 2,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2022,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2025,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
      "value": "Terex USA, LLC",
      "filing_count": 1,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2024,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2024,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
      "value": "TEREX USA LLC",
      "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
    },
    {
      "value": "TEREX USA, LLC",
      "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
    },
    {
      "value": "TEREX USA LLC",
      "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
    },
    {
      "value": "TEREX USA LLC",
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    }
  ]
}

Identifiers

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  {
    "identifier_type": "tax_id_last_four",
    "identifier_value": "2430",
    "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
  },
  {
    "identifier_type": "tax_id_last_four",
    "identifier_value": "1521",
    "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
  },
  {
    "identifier_type": "tax_id_last_four",
    "identifier_value": "0091",
    "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
  }
]

LCA Activity

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  "case_count": 24,
  "role_title_count": 19,
  "worksite_count": 6,
  "total_workers": 24,
  "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
  "first_received_date": "2015-04-28",
  "latest_fiscal_year": 2025,
  "latest_decision_date": "2025-06-23",
  "certified_count": 24,
  "denied_count": 0,
  "status_breakdown": [
    {
      "value": "CERTIFIED",
      "filing_count": 17,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    },
    {
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      "filing_count": 4,
      "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
      "latest_fiscal_year": 2019,
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    },
    {
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      "first_fiscal_year": 2017,
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Petition Activity

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Addresses

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Geography

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      "state": "OK",
      "postal_code": "73012",
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Industry

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      "latest_fiscal_year": 2025,
      "source": "dol_oflc_lca"
    }
  ]
}

Wage Summary

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  "annualized_low_min": 62600,
  "annualized_high_max": 175000,
  "annualized_low_avg": 92317.75
}

Trend

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  {
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    "quarter": "Q2",
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    "worksite_count": 3,
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  {
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    "worksite_count": 1,
    "wage_low_min": 67642,
    "wage_high_max": 125000,
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  },
  {
    "fiscal_year": 2018,
    "quarter": "Q2",
    "lca_count": 4,
    "case_count": 4,
    "role_title_count": 3,
    "worksite_count": 2,
    "wage_low_min": 78000,
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  },
  {
    "fiscal_year": 2019,
    "quarter": "Q2",
    "lca_count": 7,
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    "role_title_count": 6,
    "worksite_count": 3,
    "wage_low_min": 83250,
    "wage_high_max": 175000,
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  },
  {
    "fiscal_year": 2022,
    "quarter": "Q3",
    "lca_count": 1,
    "case_count": 1,
    "role_title_count": 1,
    "worksite_count": 1,
    "wage_low_min": 79248,
    "wage_high_max": 79248,
    "wage_low_avg": 79248
  },
  {
    "fiscal_year": 2024,
    "quarter": "Q3",
    "lca_count": 1,
    "case_count": 1,
    "role_title_count": 1,
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  },
  {
    "fiscal_year": 2025,
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    "lca_count": 1,
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  }
]

Links

{
  "roles": "/v1/roles?company=TEREX%20USA%2C%20LLC",
  "wages": "/v1/wages?company=TEREX%20USA%2C%20LLC",
  "trends": "/v1/trends?company=TEREX%20USA%2C%20LLC"
}

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