H-1B sponsorship profile: University of California, Merced. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, University of California, Merced filed 62 Labor Condition Applications covering 62 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 98.4% (61 certified of 62 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 University of California, Merced’s H-1B petitions range from $56,712 at the low end to $858,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $103,569. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Postdoctoral Scholar (12 petitions at $70,976 avg), followed by ASSISTANT PROFESSOR and Assistant Project Scientist. 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. University of California, Merced is headquartered in Merced, CA under NAICS code 611310, 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 University of California, Merced ranks. By H-1B petition volume, University of California, Merced is #3,808 of 119,880 employers nationally and #580 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.