H-1B sponsorship profile: University of South Dakota. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, University of South Dakota 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 95.7% (22 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 University of South Dakota’s H-1B petitions range from $56,663 at the low end to $120,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $76,837. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - COMPUTER SCIENCE (3 petitions at $78,000 avg), followed by POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER and Assistant Professor of Computer Science. 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 South Dakota is headquartered in Vermillion, SD under NAICS code 611310, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in SD. 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 South Dakota ranks. By H-1B petition volume, University of South Dakota is #9,127 of 119,880 employers nationally and #15 of 146 employers headquartered in SD. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.