H-1B sponsorship profile: The Sphere Institute. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, The Sphere Institute filed 208 Labor Condition Applications covering 654 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 99% (206 certified of 208 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 Sphere Institute’s H-1B petitions range from $60,000 at the low end to $175,115 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $90,438. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Data and Policy Analyst III (31 petitions at $79,167 avg), followed by Data and Policy Analyst II and Data and Policy Analyst IV. 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 Sphere Institute is headquartered in BURLINGAME, CA under NAICS code 541720, and places H-1B workers across 12 states, most heavily in CA, DC, WA. 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 Sphere Institute ranks. By H-1B petition volume, The Sphere Institute is #994 of 119,880 employers nationally and #191 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.