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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

H-1B visa and green card sponsorship record

Troy, NY Educational Services Files from NY On record FY2020–FY2026

Yes — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute sponsors H-1B visas.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) certified 71 of its H-1B filings in FY2025 and 38 so far in FY2026 (through June 30, 2026).

At a glance

Certified H-1B filings, FY2025
71 38 so far in FY2026
Median offered salary, FY2025
$65,000 from 70 filings
USCIS approval rate, FY2020–FY2022
98.7% of 78 new petitions
Green card filings (PERM), FY2025
1
E-Verify
On the list as of December 31, 2018
H-1B dependent
No

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

Sponsorship score

10/10

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

  • Recent approvals 3/3

    30 new H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in FY2022

  • Entry-level hiring 3/3

    81% of 180 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 2/2

    98.7% of 78 new petitions approved, FY2020–FY2022

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
FY202045430986% of 43
FY2021393701386% of 37
FY2022413901187% of 39
FY2023686601976% of 66
FY2024444301384% of 43
FY2025747103085% of 71
FY2026 so far413811187% of 38
Certified H-1B filings, FY2020–FY2026. Tallest bar: FY2025, 71. 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“Filed”, “Denied” and “Withdrawn” count every LCA, including the E-3 and H-1B1 visas that use the same form; “Certified H-1B” counts H-1B only. A filing certified and later withdrawn counts in both columns.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)

After DOL certifies an LCA, the employer files the H-1B petition with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which approves or denies it. New petitions and extensions or transfers are counted separately.

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS, by fiscal year
New petitionsExtensions and transfers
Fiscal yearApprovedDeniedApproval rateApprovedDenied
FY202030196.8%211
FY2021170100.0%201
FY2022300100.0%201
FY2023 (partial)150100.0%140
New H-1B petitions approved, FY2020–FY2023. Tallest bar: FY2020, 30. Scaled to this chart's own tallest bar.

These numbers come from USCIS, which decides H-1B petitions. They count different things from Department of Labor filings, so we never add the two together.

FY2023 is incomplete: USCIS's last data release covers only part of that year (38,315 new approvals nationwide, against 138,381 in FY2022).

USCIS hasn't published employer-level approval data after FY2023.

USCIS also has records for this company in FY2009–FY2019: 304 new H-1B petitions approved. Show FY2009 onward

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$56,000$50,004 – $78,40043
FY2021$55,990$50,004 – $75,00037
FY2022$62,000$54,100 – $88,00038
FY2023$57,960$50,004 – $100,25064
FY2024$64,000$55,500 – $80,00043
FY2025$65,000$58,656 – $108,15070
FY2026 so far$68,952$62,500 – $98,17538

Wage levels since FY2023

  • Level I (entry) 126 58%
  • Level II (entry) 53 24%
  • Level III 17 8%
  • Level IV 22 10%

Shares of the 218 certified H-1B filings since FY2023 that state a wage level.

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 Research Associate76$55,632I (entry)
Assistant Professor53$114,210II (entry)
Lecturer29$75,000I (entry)
Research Scientist20$70,000II (entry)
Research Associate11$61,800I (entry)
Post Doctoral Research Associate5$52,000I (entry)
Laboratory Manager4$80,000II (entry)
Software Engineer4$65,000I (entry)
Senior Lecturer3$95,230I (entry)
Assistant Coach, Women's Soccer2$32,136I (entry)

Top locations

Top worksites on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
LocationFilingsMedian salary
Troy, NY210$65,000
Boston, MA1$50,004
Columbus, IN1$58,656
Los Angeles, CA1$65,000
Sandy Springs, GA1$70,000
Santa Clara, CA1$58,656
Seymour, IN1$50,004
Tampa, FL1$67,829
Troly, NY1$73,530

Top occupations

Top occupations on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
OccupationFilingsMedian salary
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 25-103234$105,000
Chemists 19-203122$55,018
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-102114$110,310
Materials Scientists 19-203213$51,500
Chemical Engineers 17-204110$58,656
Materials Engineers 17-213110$58,656

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 company12959%
Continuation of existing employment Extensions for current H-1B workers6028%
Change of employer Transfers in: H-1B workers moving from another employer105%
Change in previous employment Changes to a current H-1B worker's job21%
Concurrent employment A second H-1B job alongside one elsewhere00%
Amended petition Amendments to a petition already filed178%

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Most employer-sponsored green cards start with a PERM labor certification, filed with the Department of Labor. These are this company's, by fiscal year.

Green card filings (PERM), by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFiledCertifiedDeniedWithdrawn
FY20200000
FY20211100
FY20220000
FY20230000
FY20240000
FY20251100
FY2026 so far1100

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

Across all its green card filings since FY2020, whatever the outcome. DOL's newer PERM form doesn't include citizenship or education, so those two lists cover filings made on the older one.

Top green card job titles

Top job titles on green card filings
Job titleFilings
Data Analyst1
Lecturer1
Student Services Administrator1

Countries of citizenship

Countries of citizenship on green card filings
CountryFilings
China1

Minimum education required

Minimum education required on green card filings
EducationFilings
Master's1

E-Verify

On the E-Verify list

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute appears on USCIS's list of E-Verify employers dated December 31, 2018, in a state it files from.

The company's listings on USCIS's 2018 E-Verify list
Name as listedLocationWorkforce sizeFederal contractor
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY 121805,000 to 9,999Yes
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY 121805,000 to 9,999Yes

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
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Address on filings
Troy, NY 12180
Industry
Educational Services (NAICS 611310)
Employees
1,900, as stated on its FY2021 green card filings
Employer ID (FEIN)
14-1340095
On record
FY2020–FY2026
Latest decision on its filings
June 16, 2026

Related companies

1 other company shares an Employer ID (FEIN) with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. 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.
  • USCIS approvals are matched to this company by exact name (1 USCIS name). The last four digits of the Employer ID agree.
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