Chao & Associates, Inc.
Employer · South Carolina, United States
- Employer address
- South Carolina, United States
- Applications on record
- 14
- FY2025 applications
- 1
- FY2026 to 30 June
- 0
- Programmes
- LCA · PERM
- Median offered wage
- $56,000
- Most common occupation
- Civil Engineers
- H-1B dependent (as declared)
- No
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Applications year by year
Chao & Associates, Inc. appears in 14 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 1.
Applications by fiscal year — Chao & Associates, Inc.
Data table
| FY2009 | 1 |
| FY2010 | 6 |
| FY2011 | 1 |
| FY2012 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 2 |
| FY2014 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 1 |
| FY2026* | 0 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2013 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2010 | 5 | 1 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 1 |
Where the jobs are
Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).
Chao & Associates, Inc.: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| SC | 14 |
- Columbia, SC14
What they hire for and pay
Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.
- Structural Designer6
- Civil/water Resources Engineer1
- Project Structural Engineer1
- Lead Structural Designer1
- Civil Designer1
- Project Engineer1
- Senior Designer1
Offered annual wage, all years, 10th to 90th percentile
Median $56,000; middle half $53,200 to $63,000 · median prevailing wage $51,501 (marker) · 7 applications.
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)
Data table
| FY2011 | 3 |
| FY2014 | 2 |
| FY2017 | 2 |
| Fiscal year | Initial approvals | Initial denials | Continuing approvals | Continuing denials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Law firms on the filings
Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).
Among employers in South Carolina
Chao & Associates, Inc. has 14 work visa applications on record (FY2009–FY2026), ranking #450 of 1,191 sponsoring employers in South Carolina and #60,810 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.03% of the applications filed by employers based in South Carolina.
- Rank in South Carolina
- 450 of 1,191
- Rank in the United States
- 60,810 of 168,030
- Share of South Carolina's applications
- 0.03%
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- 219
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