H-1B Filings
178
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Battelle Memorial Institute in WA (Professional & Technical Services) is dominated by DOL H-1B labor-condition applications (178 on file) at a $113,889 disclosed median; OSHA and WARN tracks are empty here.
Battelle Memorial Institute (WA): · 178 H-1B LCAs at a $113,889 disclosed median
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, Battelle Memorial Institute in WA carries 178 H-1B wage filings on record, a $113,889 median wage across 127 disclosed-wage positions (below the $124,488 national median) and no WARN layoff notices on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
The record at a glance
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #254 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 42nd percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
Figures above come from DOL H-1B labor condition applications only, OSHA and WARN tracks are empty on this profile.
A weighted composite of DOL H-1B sponsorship and pay, OSHA establishment injury records, and WARN Act layoff notices, not culture, benefits, or "is this a good place to work." Missing tracks drop out and their weight redistributes so sparse records are not silently deflated.
Weights (redistributed when a track is N/A): Sponsorship scale (H-1B volume) 15% · Disclosed pay (H-1B wage percentile) 25% · Workplace safety (OSHA DART percentile) 35% · Layoff stability (WARN percentile) 25%. Sources: DOL OFLC · OSHA ITA · state WARN filings.
DOL LCA release change
H-1B Filings
178
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Median H-1B Salary
$113,889
Near national median. Across 127 disclosed positions
Where Battelle Memorial Institute's H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$113,889 Top 58% higher than 42% of 272,125 US employers
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US employers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+19% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer Name | Battelle Memorial Institute | DOL OFLC |
| Industry | Professional & Technical Services | NAICS / DOL |
| State | WA | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 178 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $113,889 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| Tracks not on file | employer OSHA injury log, WARN notices | Empty by design, not estimated |
Battelle Memorial Institute's values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications on file for this employer in WA (Professional & Technical Services). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #254 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 42nd percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; WARN history is cleaner than 14% of 304,376 employers tracked here.
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| WMD Nonproliferation Political Analyst | $197,693 |
| Materials Scientist (Chemist) | $179,338 |
| Materials Scientist (Mechanical Engineer) | $161,575 |
| Earth Scientist (Environmental Science) | $161,341 |
| Electrical Engineer | $160,218 |
| Electrical Engineer (Computer Scientist) | $158,994 |
| Chemist | $157,948 |
| Computational Scientist (Marine Physics) | $157,299 |
| Earth Scientist (Environmental Science) | $147,007 |
| NanoSIMS Scientist (Chemist) | $146,948 |
| Chemical Engineer (Chemist) | $142,286 |
| Data Scientist (Environmental Engineer) | $141,735 |
| Lighting Research Engineer (Electrical Engineer) | $140,505 |
| Electrical Engineer | $139,970 |
| Data Scientist (Agricultural Engineer) | $137,000 |
| Computer Scientist | $136,312 |
| Environmental Socio-Economist | $136,088 |
| Materials Scientist (Physicist) | $135,184 |
| Research Software Engineer | $134,471 |
| Earth Scientist (Civil Engineer) | $133,682 |
| Data Scientist (Electrical Engineer) | $131,962 |
| Earth Scientist (Geography) | $130,878 |
| Electrical Engineer | $130,645 |
| Electrical Engineer | $130,370 |
| Chemical Engineer | $129,520 |
| Earth Scientist (Geoscience) | $129,135 |
| Data Scientist (Electrical Engineer) | $129,053 |
| Earth Scientist (Atmospheric Science) | $128,250 |
| Data Scientist | $127,961 |
| Software Engineer (Software Developers) | $127,881 |
| Computational Scientist (Microbiologist) | $127,521 |
| Electrical Engineer | $126,872 |
| Physicist | $126,818 |
| Applied Mathematician (Mechanical Engineer) | $126,317 |
| Earth Scientist (Environmental Engineers) | $126,264 |
| Materials Scientist (Chemical Engineer) | $125,196 |
| Earth Scientist (Mechanical Engineer) | $124,763 |
| Data Scientist | $124,571 |
| Data Scientist | $124,200 |
| Battery Management System Engineer (Environmental Engineer) | $123,847 |
| Software Engineer (Computer & Info Research Scientist) | $123,314 |
| Earth Scientist (Atmospheric Science) | $123,231 |
| Earth Scientist (Atmospheric Science) | $122,851 |
| Computational Scientist (Chemist) | $122,605 |
| Materials Scientist | $122,574 |
| Physicist (Photonics Engineer) | $122,484 |
| Materials Scientist | $122,185 |
| Earth Scientist (Geographer) | $121,831 |
| Computational Scientist (Materials Science) | $120,366 |
| Electrical Engineer | $119,585 |
Battelle Memorial Institute's most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 178 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 100% of sponsors in this corpus (#254 of 51,370).
FY2025 added 40 filings versus FY2024 (102.6%), a sponsorship expansion visible in the raw LCA counts.
Disclosed medians moved from $100,873 (FY2024) to $120,009 (FY2025) (+19%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
Battelle Memorial Institute sponsors 178 H-1B positions but carries no employer OSHA DART rate here — at this filing volume the gap usually reflects recordkeeping exemptions, not a verified safety judgment.
No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are on file for Battelle Memorial Institute among Professional & Technical Services employers we track.
A $113,889 disclosed median lands near the middle of the wage distribution (42nd percentile vs $124,488 nationally).
Where Battelle Memorial Institute sits
Across the 199 Professional & Technical Services sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, Battelle Memorial Institute files more petitions than 61% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 39%, the high-volume, below-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (178 filings · $113,889 median here).
Each muted dot is one professional & technical services peer from a filings-stratified sample of 41; the brand marker is Battelle Memorial Institute. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
Battelle Memorial Institute's nearest H-1B-filing peers in Professional & Technical Services (home state WA). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
Two federal-records peer sets for Battelle Memorial Institute, both outside WA so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside WA (178 filings here).
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on disclosed filing counts and OSHA ITA DART rates; employers with fewer than 100 H-1B filings or fewer than 10 reported injuries are excluded from the comparison corpus.
What to check before working with Battelle Memorial Institute
For Battelle Memorial Institute, start with sponsorship pay (178 H-1B LCAs, median $113,889) and only then layer any other federal silence.
Battelle Memorial Institute's figures are legally filed public records (DOL, OSHA, state WARN), not reviews or vendor estimates; a missing row is not proof the underlying activity never happened.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from OSHA and the DOL Wage and Hour Division. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, Battelle Memorial Institute's disclosed median of $113,889 sits at the 42nd percentile (below the $124,488 national median). The chart above uses a COUNT-exact percentile (rows below this wage ÷ total), not an interpolated estimate.
Battelle Memorial Institute has 178 H-1B filings on record, ranking #254 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
Related guides: How OSHA safety grades are calculated · Using H-1B wage filings in salary negotiation
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
This profile is rendered directly from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.