H-1B sponsorship profile: Cato Institute. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Cato Institute filed 15 Labor Condition Applications covering 15 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (15 certified of 15 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 Cato Institute’s H-1B petitions range from $52,000 at the low end to $149,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $76,490. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Research Associate (4 petitions at $52,062 avg), followed by Research Fellow and UX 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. Cato Institute is headquartered in Washington, DC under NAICS code 54172, and places H-1B workers across 2 states, most heavily in DC, 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 Cato Institute ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Cato Institute is #12,524 of 119,880 employers nationally and #68 of 1,005 employers headquartered in DC. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.