H-1B sponsorship profile: Southwest Research Institute. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Southwest Research Institute filed 63 Labor Condition Applications covering 63 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 98.4% (62 certified of 63 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 Southwest Research Institute’s H-1B petitions range from $74,360 at the low end to $257,537 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $99,615. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Research Engineer (30 petitions at $92,838 avg), followed by Senior Research Engineer and Research Scientist. 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. Southwest Research Institute is headquartered in SAN ANTONIO, TX under NAICS code 5417, and places H-1B workers across 2 states, most heavily in TX, CO. 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 Southwest Research Institute ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Southwest Research Institute is #3,755 of 119,880 employers nationally and #520 of 12,542 employers headquartered in TX. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.