H-1B sponsorship profile: OpenAI OpCo, LLC. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, OpenAI OpCo, LLC filed 280 Labor Condition Applications covering 575 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (280 certified of 280 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 OpenAI OpCo, LLC’s H-1B petitions range from $145,000 at the low end to $685,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $307,626. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer) (40 petitions at $273,329 avg), followed by Member of Technical Staff and Member of Technical Staff (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. OpenAI OpCo, LLC is headquartered in San Francisco, CA under NAICS code 5417, and places H-1B workers across 4 states, most heavily in CA, WA, NY. 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 OpenAI OpCo, LLC ranks. By H-1B petition volume, OpenAI OpCo, LLC is #717 of 119,880 employers nationally and #144 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.