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Cates Engineering, Ltd.

Employer · Virginia, United States

Employer address
Virginia, United States
Applications on record
19
FY2025 applications
2
FY2026 to 30 June
0
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$75,000
Most common occupation
Civil Engineers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Cates Engineering, Ltd. appears in 19 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 2.

Applications by fiscal year — Cates Engineering, Ltd.

23FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
23FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20121
FY20130
FY20140
FY20152
FY20160
FY20172
FY20182
FY20192
FY20203
FY20210
FY20222
FY20232
FY20241
FY20252
FY2026*0
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*00
FY202511
FY202410
FY202320
FY202211
FY202100
FY202030
FY201911
FY201820
FY201720
FY201600
FY201511
FY201400
FY201300
FY201210

Where the jobs are

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

Cates Engineering, Ltd.: applications by worksite state

19+19+19+19+19+
19+19+19+19+19+
Data table
StateApplications
VA19
Worksite states
  1. Virginia19
Worksite cities
  1. Gainesville, VA19

What they hire for and pay

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

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Civil Engineers19
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Project Engineer4
  2. Project Manager2
  3. Senior Project Manager2
  4. Design Engineer2
  5. Project Engineer (structural Engineer)1
  6. Team Leader/project Manager1
  7. Project Manager (structural Engineer)1
  8. Structural Engineer1

Offered annual wage, all years, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $75,000; middle half $67,000 to $83,294 · median prevailing wage $65,915 (marker) · 15 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k

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)

12FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2018FY2020FY2022
12FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2018FY2020FY2022
Data table
FY20131
FY20151
FY20171
FY20182
FY20202
FY20221
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20220010
FY20200020
FY20180020
FY20171000
FY20150010
FY20130010

Law firms on the filings

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

Applications by law firm
  1. Andrew Dutton, ESQ., P.C.12

Among employers in Virginia

Cates Engineering, Ltd. has 19 work visa applications on record (FY2012–FY2026), ranking #1,849 of 5,400 sponsoring employers in Virginia and #46,722 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.01% of the applications filed by employers based in Virginia.

Rank in Virginia
1,849 of 5,400
Rank in the United States
46,722 of 168,030
Share of Virginia's applications
0.01%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 541) in Virginia
2,845
Largest sponsoring employers in Virginia
  1. Capital One Services, LLC13,195
  2. CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.10,452
  3. CSC Covansys Corporation4,467
  4. Idexcel, Inc.3,929
  5. University of Virginia3,633
  6. Capital One, National Association3,397
  7. Computer Sciences Corporation3,191
  8. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation3,148
  9. Lancesoft, Inc.3,117
  10. Usm Business Systems, Inc.3,026