H-1B sponsorship profile: Institute for Defense Analyses. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Institute for Defense Analyses filed 1 Labor Condition Applications covering 1 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2025. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (1 certified of 1 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 Institute for Defense Analyses’s H-1B petitions range from $176,384 at the low end to $176,384 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $176,384. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Research Staff Member (1 petitions at $176,384 avg). 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. Institute for Defense Analyses is headquartered in Alexandria, VA under NAICS code 5417, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in MD. 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 Institute for Defense Analyses ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Institute for Defense Analyses is #72,571 of 119,880 employers nationally and #2,215 of 3,399 employers headquartered in VA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.