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California Institute of Technology

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
3,064
FY2025 applications
219
FY2026 to 30 June
121
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.9%
Median offered wage
$86,000
Most common occupation
Physicists
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.9%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

California Institute of Technology appears in 3,064 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 219.

Applications by fiscal year — California Institute of Technology

115229FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
115229FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008124
FY2009173
FY2010118
FY2011102
FY2012148
FY2013123
FY2014150
FY2015203
FY2016158
FY2017138
FY2018206
FY2019176
FY2020125
FY2021148
FY2022221
FY2023229
FY2024182
FY2025219
FY2026*121
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1192
FY20252163
FY20241802
FY20232281
FY20222174
FY20211444
FY20201205
FY20191715
FY20182024
FY20171353
FY201614513
FY20152012
FY20141473
FY20131203
FY201213810
FY20111002
FY20101117
FY20091730
FY20081222
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

California Institute of Technology: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA2,998
LA23
WA19
NY6
MA4
IL4
GA2
TX2
NV2
MD1
AZ1
OH1
PA1
Worksite states
  1. California2,998
  2. Louisiana23
  3. Washington19
  4. New York6
  5. Massachusetts4
  6. Illinois4
  7. Georgia2
  8. Texas2
  9. Nevada2
  10. Maryland1
Worksite cities
  1. Pasadena, CA2,963
  2. Livingston, LA23
  3. Richland, WA19
  4. Los Angeles, CA11
  5. Ithaca, NY5
  6. Batavia, IL4
  7. San Francisco, CA4
  8. Cambridge, MA3
  9. Santa Barbara, CA2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Physicists312
  2. Biological Scientists, All Other225
  3. Physical Scientists, All Other205
  4. Biochemists and Biophysicists198
  5. Chemists158
  6. Astronomers154
  7. Engineers, All Other123
  8. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers123
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Researcher938
  2. Staff Scientist179
  3. Postdoctoral Scholar126
  4. Research Scientist80
  5. Scientist71
  6. Technologist61
  7. Research Engineer56
  8. Scientist II44

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $86,000; middle half $72,723 to $130,000 · median prevailing wage $70,264 (marker) · 505 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I205
  2. Level II61
  3. Level III94
  4. Level IV26
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. Germany9
  2. Canada7
  3. France7
  4. United Kingdom5
  5. China5
  6. India5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

79157FY2009FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
79157FY2009FY2013FY2016FY2020FY2023
Data table
FY2009157
FY2011140
FY201288
FY201321
FY201484
FY20151
FY201691
FY201783
FY201978
FY2020130
FY2021105
FY2022140
FY202387
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY2023520350
FY2022790614
FY2021540510
FY2020611691
FY2019530251
FY2017360471
FY2016440473
FY20150010
FY2014320521
FY2013110100
FY2012451437
FY2011500902
FY2009672901
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. SGG Immigration LLP26
  2. Wolfsdorf Rosenthal LLP11
  3. Sostrin Immigration Lawyers, LLP8
  4. Partner3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in California

California Institute of Technology has 3,064 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #76 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #332 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.15% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
76 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
332 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.15%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 611) in California
1,108
Largest sponsoring employers in California
  1. Google LLC100,642
  2. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  3. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  4. Intel Corporation61,185
  5. Apple Inc.60,673
  6. Google Inc.34,245
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.26,767
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.25,216
  9. UST Global Inc.25,160
  10. Linkedin Corporation17,398
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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