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California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

H-1B visa and green card sponsorship record

Pasadena, CA Educational Services Files from CA On record FY2020–FY2026

Yes — California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory sponsors H-1B visas.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) certified 44 of its H-1B filings in FY2025 and 40 so far in FY2026 (through June 30, 2026).

At a glance

Certified H-1B filings, FY2025
44 40 so far in FY2026
Median offered salary, FY2025
$129,480 from 44 filings
USCIS approval rate, FY2020–FY2022
No decisions on record
Green card filings (PERM), FY2025
0
E-Verify
Not on the 2018 list
H-1B dependent
No

Fiscal years (FY) run October to September. Approval rates are from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Sponsorship score

4/5

Computed September 30, 2026 from its FY2020–FY2025 record.

  • Recent approvals Not rated

    USCIS's FY2022 data doesn't list this company under this name

  • Entry-level hiring 2/3

    44% of 131 H-1B filings with a wage level were entry level (I or II), FY2023–FY2025

  • Files every year 2/2

    Certified H-1B filings in 3 of the 3 years FY2023–FY2025

  • Approval rate Not rated

    Fewer than 10 USCIS decisions on new petitions in FY2020–FY2022 (0)

Out of 5, not 10: parts without enough data aren't rated, and don't count against the company.

H-1B filings (Department of Labor)

Before filing an H-1B petition, an employer must get a Labor Condition Application (LCA) certified by the Department of Labor. These are this company's LCAs, by fiscal year.

H-1B filings with the Department of Labor, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFiledCertified H-1BDeniedWithdrawnEntry level
FY202020180950% of 16
FY2021373602769% of 36
FY2022474202643% of 42
FY2023444303061% of 41
FY2024514813737% of 46
FY2025464403234% of 44
FY2026 so far404003154% of 39
Certified H-1B filings, FY2020–FY2026. Tallest bar: FY2024, 48. Scaled to this chart's own tallest bar.

Entry level is the share of certified H-1B filings with a stated wage level that were level I or II.

“Filed”, “Denied” and “Withdrawn” count every LCA, including the E-3 and H-1B1 visas that use the same form; “Certified H-1B” counts H-1B only. A filing certified and later withdrawn counts in both columns.

FY2026 is in progress: data runs through June 30, 2026.

H-1B approvals (USCIS)

We couldn't match this company to USCIS's H-1B approval records, so there are no approval numbers to show.

Salaries

Offered salary is the yearly pay an employer states on a certified, full-time H-1B filing — the bottom of the range when it gives one. Hourly, weekly and monthly pay is converted to a yearly figure; amounts under $15,000 or over $1,000,000 a year are left out. The typical range is the middle half: a quarter of filings offered less, and a quarter more.

Offered salaries on certified H-1B filings, by fiscal year
Fiscal yearMedianTypical rangeFilings
FY2020$120,016$112,008 – $132,18418
FY2021$110,032$73,314 – $116,48036
FY2022$120,016$109,200 – $135,09642
FY2023$126,006$97,365 – $140,94142
FY2024$130,000$113,568 – $146,53648
FY2025$129,480$109,720 – $143,04244
FY2026 so far$138,860$105,040 – $148,46840

Wage levels since FY2023

  • Level I (entry) 51 30%
  • Level II (entry) 27 16%
  • Level III 79 46%
  • Level IV 13 8%

Shares of the 170 certified H-1B filings since FY2023 that state a wage level. 5 filings didn't state one.

Jobs and locations

Certified H-1B filings since FY2023, with the median offered salary for each.

Top job titles

Top job titles on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
Job titleFilingsMedian salaryTypical wage level
Postdoctoral Scholar34$82,180I (entry)
Scientist24$138,091III
Technologist24$133,744III
Robotics Technologist15$150,072III
Data Scientist13$137,114III
RF Microwave Engineer10$144,352III
Scientist II9$124,072I (entry)
Signal Analysis Engineer4$131,000III
Signal Analysis Engineer II4$116,064II (entry)
Microdevices Engineer3$113,568III

Top locations

Top worksites on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
LocationFilingsMedian salary
Pasadena, CA167$128,211
Los Angeles, CA4$82,180
Allen, TX1$142,626
Chula Vista, CA1$140,442
Las Vegas, NV1$86,880
Pasadenca, CA1$136,162

Top occupations

Top occupations on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
OccupationFilingsMedian salary
Robotics Engineers 17-219935$146,536
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists 19-209931$123,000
Physicists 19-201218$121,014
Data Scientists 15-205113$138,860
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 19-204213$120,016
Electrical Engineers, R&D 17-207411$130,104

What the filings were for

What its certified H-1B filings since FY2023 were for, as marked on each LCA. One filing can cover several workers, so these count worker positions.

Worker positions on certified H-1B filings since FY2023, by purpose
Filing typeWorker positionsShare
New employment New H-1B workers joining the company9251%
Continuation of existing employment Extensions for current H-1B workers6939%
Change of employer Transfers in: H-1B workers moving from another employer32%
Change in previous employment Changes to a current H-1B worker's job158%
Concurrent employment A second H-1B job alongside one elsewhere00%
Amended petition Amendments to a petition already filed00%

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

We found no green card filings (PERM) for this company since FY2020.

E-Verify

Not on the 2018 E-Verify list

We didn't find California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory on USCIS's list of E-Verify employers dated December 31, 2018.

Why it matters: employers must be enrolled in E-Verify to employ F-1 students on the STEM OPT extension (8 CFR 214.2(f)(10)(ii)(C)).

This list is from December 31, 2018, and it's the only one USCIS has published. It shows who was enrolled on that date: a company that enrolled later isn't on it, so not being on the list tells you nothing.

How we match companies to the list

The employer's name key appears in the USCIS E-Verify participating-employers list with a state the employer files in. That list is one snapshot, enrolled as of 2018-12-31, so false means only "not on the 2018 list" - not that the employer does not use E-Verify today, and not that it did not enrol the following week. The list carries no FEIN and no case number, so the match is by normalised name and state alone.

Other things to know

H-1B dependent
No

On most of its certified filings in FY2023–FY2025 that answered the question, the company said it is not H-1B dependent. A dependent employer has a large share of H-1B workers on staff and makes extra promises about recruiting and not displacing U.S. workers.

How we work this out

The employer answered Yes to H1B_DEPENDENT on at least half of the certified LCAs where it answered the question, in FY2023-FY2025. false means it answered and Yes was under half; NULL means no certified case answered the question (E-3 and H-1B1 filings answer N/A). The floor is there because a single Yes among thousands of No answers is a tick in the wrong box: it would badge 979 employers that said Yes once, one of them on 1 filing of 2,760; the 473 that answered only once or twice still are. A dependent employer is not a worse employer: the answer is a statutory test on the share of H-1B workers on staff, not a finding.

Willful violator
No

The company's answers on its filings in FY2020–FY2025 don't show a repeated yes. Employers state on each filing whether DOL has found them to be a willful violator in the five years before; this is the company's own answer, not a DOL record.

How we work this out

The employer answered Yes to WILLFUL_VIOLATOR on at least two LCAs in FY2020-FY2025, certified or not, in at least two fiscal years, and in at least one of those years Yes was half or more of what it answered. The floor is there because a single Yes among thousands of No answers is a tick in the wrong box: 505 employers answer Yes exactly once and never twice, and the two employers with the most Yes answers say it on one filing in two thousand. false means the employer answered and did not meet that bar; NULL means it never answered. THIS IS THE FILER'S OWN ATTESTATION ON THE LCA, NOT A DOL FINDING. The authoritative source is the DOL published debarment list, which this project does not yet mirror - it is a follow-up catalog entry - so nothing here has been checked against it.

Cap-exempt
Possibly

Its name or industry code looks like a college or university's. Universities, their affiliated nonprofits and nonprofit research organizations can file H-1B petitions outside the annual cap and lottery. This is an indicator, not a determination: only USCIS decides, petition by petition.

How we work this out

INFERRED, not a determination. true when an FY2023+ LCA carries a NAICS code beginning 6112 or 6113 (junior colleges, colleges and universities) or a raw spelling of the employer's name contains the word UNIVERSITY or COLLEGE. Never false: the column is NULL when neither signal is present, because the absence of a signal is not evidence that an employer is cap-subject. Non-profit research organisations and affiliated hospitals are cap-exempt and both tests miss them. Only USCIS decides cap exemption, petition by petition.

Company details

Name on filings
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Address on filings
Pasadena, CA 91125
Industry
Educational Services (NAICS 611310)
Employer ID (FEIN)
95-1643307
On record
FY2020–FY2026
Latest decision on its filings
June 25, 2026

Related companies

2 other companies share an Employer ID (FEIN) with California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. They file separately, and nothing on this page counts their filings.

Sources

  • H-1B and green card filings: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, FY2020 through June 30, 2026.
  • H-1B approvals: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, complete through FY2022; FY2023 is partial.
  • E-Verify: USCIS's list of E-Verify employers as of December 31, 2018.
  • Sponsorship score: computed September 30, 2026 with version 1 of the rules on How Visa Grep works.
Record references

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