H-1B sponsorship profile: Western Research Institute. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Western Research Institute filed 3 Labor Condition Applications covering 3 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (3 certified of 3 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 Research Institute’s H-1B petitions range from $90,673 at the low end to $175,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $119,923. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Lead Engineer (2 petitions at $92,384 avg), followed by Chief Executive Officer -Senior Technical Research Advisor. 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 Research Institute is headquartered in Laramie, WY under NAICS code 541715, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in WY. 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 Research Institute ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Western Research Institute is #37,433 of 119,880 employers nationally and #83 of 284 employers headquartered in WY. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.