H-1B sponsorship profile: Schmidt Ocean Institute. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Schmidt Ocean 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 Schmidt Ocean Institute’s H-1B petitions range from $96,741 at the low end to $209,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $162,963. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Lead Electrical Design Engineer - Subsea Systems (2 petitions at $173,056 avg), followed by Principal Electrical Engineer and Business Intelligence Analyst. 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. Schmidt Ocean Institute is headquartered in Palo Alto , CA under NAICS code 541715, and places H-1B workers across 2 states, most heavily in CA, 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 Schmidt Ocean Institute ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Schmidt Ocean Institute is #30,742 of 119,880 employers nationally and #5,322 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.