H-1B sponsorship profile: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory filed 26 Labor Condition Applications covering 26 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 96.2% (25 certified of 26 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 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s H-1B petitions range from $63,705 at the low end to $855,288 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $160,954. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Astrophysicist (8 petitions at $104,765 avg), followed by Astrophysicist (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow) and Astronomer. 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. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is headquartered in Cambridge, MA under NAICS code 54171, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in MA. 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 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is #8,270 of 119,880 employers nationally and #349 of 5,193 employers headquartered in MA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.