H-1B sponsorship profile: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) filed 22 Labor Condition Applications covering 22 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2025. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (22 certified of 22 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 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)’s H-1B petitions range from $55,000 at the low end to $450,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $102,079. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Postdoctoral Fellow (10 petitions at $67,400 avg), followed by Research Engineering Technician and Research 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. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is headquartered in Moss Landing, CA under NAICS code 5417, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in CA. 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 Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is #9,432 of 119,880 employers nationally and #1,407 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.