H-1B sponsorship profile: Western Kentucky University. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Western Kentucky University filed 43 Labor Condition Applications covering 43 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (43 certified of 43 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 Western Kentucky University’s H-1B petitions range from $44,920 at the low end to $144,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $72,879. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering (4 petitions at $80,000 avg), followed by Laboratory Instructor and Assistant Professor, Psychology. 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. Western Kentucky University is headquartered in Bowling Green, KY under NAICS code 611310, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in KY. 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 Western Kentucky University ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Western Kentucky University is #5,367 of 119,880 employers nationally and #14 of 525 employers headquartered in KY. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.