H-1B sponsorship profile: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC filed 8 Labor Condition Applications covering 8 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2025. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (8 certified of 8 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC’s H-1B petitions range from $117,500 at the low end to $195,418 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $138,254. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by CAE Engineer (Sr. Applications Technology Engineer) (4 petitions at $118,750 avg), followed by Sr. Application Development Scientist- Medical Textiles and Safety Specialist (PHA Facilitator). H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC is headquartered in Houston, TX under NAICS code 325220, and places H-1B workers across 3 states, most heavily in MI, TN, TX. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC is #19,368 of 119,880 employers nationally and #2,647 of 12,542 employers headquartered in TX. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.