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The Independent Institute

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
10
FY2025 applications
0
FY2026 to 30 June
2
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Median offered wage
$72,500
Most common occupation
Political Scientists
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

The Independent Institute appears in 10 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June).

Applications by fiscal year — The Independent Institute

24FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
24FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20154
FY20160
FY20171
FY20183
FY20190
FY20200
FY20210
FY20220
FY20230
FY20240
FY20250
FY2026*2
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*20
FY202500
FY202400
FY202300
FY202200
FY202100
FY202000
FY201900
FY201821
FY201701
FY201600
FY201540
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).

The Independent Institute: applications by worksite state

10+10+10+10+10+
10+10+10+10+10+
Data table
StateApplications
CA10
Worksite states
  1. California10
Worksite cities
  1. Oakland, CA10
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. Political Scientists4
  2. Archivists3
  3. Editors2
  4. Librarians and Media Collections Specialists1
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Multi-media Collections Director3
  2. Publications Director2
  3. Research Fellow and Director of Research Reports1
  4. Research Fellow and Project Manager in Entrepreneurship1
  5. Multi-media Specialist1

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

Median $72,500; middle half $50,000 to $94,500 · median prevailing wage $61,079 (marker) · 8 applications.

$20k$45k$70k$95k$120k
$20k$45k$70k$95k$120k
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data 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)

11FY2015
11FY2015
Data table
FY20151
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20151000
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. Law Office of Marcia I. Perez4
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

The Independent Institute has 10 work visa applications on record (FY2015–FY2026), ranking #14,315 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #80,283 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.00% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
14,315 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
80,283 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.00%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 541) in California
12,087
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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