H-1B sponsorship profile: Gulf of Maine Research Institute. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Gulf of Maine Research Institute 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 Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s H-1B petitions range from $71,843 at the low end to $90,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $79,918. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Senior Research Scientist I (1 petitions at $90,000 avg), followed by Research Associate and Postdoctoral Research Associate. 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. Gulf of Maine Research Institute is headquartered in Portland, ME under NAICS code 541715, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in ME. 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 Gulf of Maine Research Institute ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Gulf of Maine Research Institute is #30,742 of 119,880 employers nationally and #40 of 172 employers headquartered in ME. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.