H-1B sponsorship profile: Black Hills State University. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Black Hills State University filed 2 Labor Condition Applications covering 2 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (2 certified of 2 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 Black Hills State University’s H-1B petitions range from $70,392 at the low end to $75,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $72,696. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST (1 petitions at $75,000 avg), followed by INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER. 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. Black Hills State University is headquartered in Spearfish, SD under NAICS code 611310, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in SD. 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 Black Hills State University ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Black Hills State University is #48,558 of 119,880 employers nationally and #67 of 146 employers headquartered in SD. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.