H-1B sponsorship profile: University of California, Santa Cruz. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, University of California, Santa Cruz filed 153 Labor Condition Applications covering 153 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 98.7% (151 certified of 153 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, Santa Cruz’s H-1B petitions range from $54,540 at the low end to $360,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $103,763. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Assistant Project Scientist (27 petitions at $85,069 avg), followed by Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Scholar. 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, Santa Cruz is headquartered in Santa Cruz, CA under NAICS code 611310, and places H-1B workers across 5 states, most heavily in CA, MA, NE. 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, Santa Cruz ranks. By H-1B petition volume, University of California, Santa Cruz is #1,379 of 119,880 employers nationally and #242 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.