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University of Hawaii

H-1B visa and green card sponsorship record

Honolulu, HI Educational Services Files from HI On record FY2020–FY2026

Yes — University of Hawaii sponsors H-1B visas.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) certified 75 of its H-1B filings in FY2025 and 59 so far in FY2026 (through June 30, 2026).

At a glance

Certified H-1B filings, FY2025
75 59 so far in FY2026
Median offered salary, FY2025
$100,008 from 74 filings
USCIS approval rate, FY2020–FY2022
97.3% of 37 new petitions
Green card filings (PERM), FY2025
9
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

6/7

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

  • Recent approvals 2/3

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

  • Entry-level hiring Not rated

    Fewer than 5 H-1B filings with a wage level in FY2023–FY2025 (0)

  • Files every year 2/2

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

  • Approval rate 2/2

    97.3% of 37 new petitions approved, FY2020–FY2022

Out of 7, 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
FY2020161506None stated
FY20212824014100% of 1
FY20224746029None stated
FY20233332018None stated
FY20245148019None stated
FY20257975032None stated
FY2026 so far6259028None stated
Certified H-1B filings, FY2020–FY2026. Tallest bar: FY2025, 75. 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“Filed”, “Denied” and “Withdrawn” count every LCA, including the E-3 and H-1B1 visas that use the same form; “Certified H-1B” counts H-1B only. A filing certified and later withdrawn counts in both columns.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
FY2009270100.0%541
FY201024196.0%850
FY2011290100.0%610
FY2012360100.0%281
FY2013320100.0%520
FY2014350100.0%400
FY201515193.8%313
FY2016200100.0%303
FY201724196.0%372
FY2018210100.0%201
FY2019240100.0%321
FY2020100100.0%221
FY2021100100.0%351
FY202216194.1%123
FY2023 (partial)6185.7%100
New H-1B petitions approved, FY2009–FY2023. Tallest bar: FY2012, 36. 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.

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$73,944$63,276 – $85,00815
FY2021$80,268$60,024 – $98,82024
FY2022$93,396$75,000 – $108,55246
FY2023$85,008$65,664 – $120,00032
FY2024$95,004$82,956 – $111,00048
FY2025$100,008$85,872 – $125,60474
FY2026 so far$118,464$84,612 – $132,00059

Wage levels since FY2023

None of its certified H-1B filings since FY2023 states 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
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR134$109,152Not stated
Assistant Specialist10$120,000Not stated
Assistant Researcher8$128,496Not stated
Junior Researcher8$72,372Not stated
Instructor7$71,160Not stated
JUNIOR SPECIALIST6$81,180Not stated
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR4$124,188Not stated
Assistant Extension Agent2$90,000Not stated
INSTITUTIONAL/POLICY ANALYST2$65,664Not stated
IT Specialist2$64,980Not stated

Top locations

Top worksites on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
LocationFilingsMedian salary
Honolulu, HI179$99,984
Hilo, HI29$117,000
Kahului, HI2$67,596
2540 Dole Street, HI1$100,008
Honoluu, HI1$137,568
Kamuela, HI1$53,748
Wahiawa, HI1$88,212

Top occupations

Top occupations on certified H-1B filings since FY2023
OccupationFilingsMedian salary
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 25-103228$118,668
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101122$155,004
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 25-105114$134,928
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-102111$124,596
Management Analysts 13-11118$73,632
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 25-10227$89,232

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 company12257%
Continuation of existing employment Extensions for current H-1B workers5626%
Change of employer Transfers in: H-1B workers moving from another employer2713%
Change in previous employment Changes to a current H-1B worker's job00%
Concurrent employment A second H-1B job alongside one elsewhere00%
Amended petition Amendments to a petition already filed94%

It also has 5 certified E-3 filings (a visa for Australian citizens) since FY2023. They use the same form and aren't counted above.

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
FY2020151500
FY20218800
FY20223300
FY20233300
FY20244211
FY20259900
FY2026 so far151500

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
Assistant Professor42
Instructor5
Assistant Researcher2
Assistant Specialist (Psychologist)1
Information Technology Specialist (Educational Technology Specialist)1
Institutional Support (Human Resources Manager)1
Institutional Support (Institutional Analyst)1
Junior Specialist1

Countries of citizenship

Countries of citizenship on green card filings
CountryFilings
Canada7
South Korea6
India3
Taiwan3
Italy2
New Zealand2
Philippines2
China1

Minimum education required

Minimum education required on green card filings
EducationFilings
Doctorate22
Master's5
Bachelor's3
Other2

E-Verify

On the E-Verify list

University of Hawaii 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
University of HawaiiHonolulu, HI 9682220 to 99No

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
University of Hawaii
Address on filings
Honolulu, HI 96822
Industry
Educational Services (NAICS 611310)
Employees
10,500, as stated on its FY2024 green card filings
Employer ID (FEIN)
99-6000354
On record
FY2020–FY2026
Latest decision on its filings
June 29, 2026

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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.
Record references

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