H-1B sponsorship profile: Cates Engineering, Ltd. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Cates Engineering, Ltd filed 4 Labor Condition Applications covering 4 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2025. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (4 certified of 4 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 Cates Engineering, Ltd’s H-1B petitions range from $75,000 at the low end to $178,762 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $105,088. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (1 petitions at $178,762 avg), followed by PROJECT MANAGER (STRUCTURAL ENGINEER) and PROJECT ENGINEER (STRUCTURAL ENGINEER). 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. Cates Engineering, Ltd is headquartered in GAINESVILLE, VA under NAICS code 541330, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in VA. 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 Cates Engineering, Ltd ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Cates Engineering, Ltd is #30,742 of 119,880 employers nationally and #1,143 of 3,399 employers headquartered in VA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.