H-1B sponsorship profile: The Urban Institute. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, The Urban Institute filed 23 Labor Condition Applications covering 23 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 91.3% (21 certified of 23 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 Urban Institute’s H-1B petitions range from $51,769 at the low end to $160,472 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $86,678. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Senior Research Associate (4 petitions at $125,755 avg), followed by Research Analyst and Web Application Developer. 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 Urban Institute is headquartered in Washington , DC under NAICS code 541720, and places H-1B workers across 6 states, most heavily in DC, OH, NY. 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 Urban Institute ranks. By H-1B petition volume, The Urban Institute is #9,127 of 119,880 employers nationally and #46 of 1,005 employers headquartered in DC. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.