H-1B sponsorship profile: The Associated Press. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, The Associated Press filed 16 Labor Condition Applications covering 16 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (16 certified of 16 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 The Associated Press’s H-1B petitions range from $83,200 at the low end to $195,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $133,168. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Senior Software Engineer (2 petitions at $158,956 avg), followed by Customer Engagement Manager and Contracts Manager. 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. The Associated Press is headquartered in New York, NY under NAICS code 519110, and places H-1B workers across 5 states, most heavily in NY, NJ, VA. 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 The Associated Press ranks. By H-1B petition volume, The Associated Press is #11,950 of 119,880 employers nationally and #965 of 14,719 employers headquartered in NY. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.