H-1B sponsorship profile: The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute filed 6 Labor Condition Applications covering 6 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (6 certified of 6 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 Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute’s H-1B petitions range from $72,696 at the low end to $93,995 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $83,937. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Senior Postdoctoral Researcher (2 petitions at $83,274 avg), followed by Medical Scientist (Senior Clinical Researcher) and Research Coordinator. 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 Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute is headquartered in San Francisco, CA under NAICS code 54171, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in CA. 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 Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute ranks. By H-1B petition volume, The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute is #23,486 of 119,880 employers nationally and #3,893 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.