H-1B sponsorship profile: The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory filed 9 Labor Condition Applications covering 9 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2025. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (9 certified of 9 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 Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory’s H-1B petitions range from $46,799 at the low end to $306,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $146,179. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Assistant Professor (3 petitions at $120,608 avg), followed by President and Professor and Staff Scientist (Microscopist). 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 Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is headquartered in Salisbury Cove, ME under NAICS code 54171, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in ME. 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 Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory ranks. By H-1B petition volume, The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is #17,879 of 119,880 employers nationally and #23 of 172 employers headquartered in ME. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.