H-1B sponsorship profile: Cerence Operating Company. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Cerence Operating Company filed 16 Labor Condition Applications covering 16 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2025. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (16 certified of 16 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 Cerence Operating Company’s H-1B petitions range from $62,234 at the low end to $260,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $140,197. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer (3 petitions at $112,986 avg), followed by Speech Scientist and Software Quality Assurance 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. Cerence Operating Company is headquartered in Burlington, MA under NAICS code 541511, and places H-1B workers across 6 states, most heavily in MA, MI, 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 Cerence Operating Company ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Cerence Operating Company is #11,950 of 119,880 employers nationally and #500 of 5,193 employers headquartered in MA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.