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The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for The Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Filed 605 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2026 from worksites with a CA headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

100.0%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is a nonprofit biomedical research organization based in California. Since 2010, it has filed 605 H-1B petitions, with 61% certified overall and 7% withdrawn. In fiscal year 2026, the Institute filed 8 petitions with a 100% certification rate.

The Institute's H-1B hiring is heavily concentrated in research support and scientific roles. Biological Technicians account for 350 filings (58%), followed by Atmospheric and Space Scientists (84 filings), Biochemists and Biophysicists (38), Computer and Information Research Scientists (37), and Medical Scientists (31). This staffing pattern reflects the organization's focus on basic biological research and laboratory operations.

H-1B filing activity peaked in 2012 and 2019 at around 60 petitions per year, then dropped sharply from 2020–2022 before recovering modestly in 2023–2025. The high certification rate and low denial rate (0.17%) indicate consistent alignment with prevailing wage and labor market requirements.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of The Salk Institute for Biological Studies’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	61.0%
Cert-withdrawn	32.1%
Withdrawn	6.8%
Denied	0.2%

Certified61.0%

Cert-withdrawn32.1%

Withdrawn6.8%

Denied0.2%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by The Salk Institute for Biological Studies across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	19-4021	Biological Technicians	350
2	19-2021	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	84
3	19-1021	Biochemists and Biophysicists	38
4	15-1221	Computer and Information Research Scientists	37
5	19-1042	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	31
6	19-1029	Biological Scientists, All Other	16
7	25-1042	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	15
8	19-2012	Physicists	7
9	23-1011	Lawyers	4
10	51-9151	Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	3

Biological Technicians

350

Atmospheric and Space Scientists

Biochemists and Biophysicists

Computer and Information Research Scientists

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Biological Scientists, All Other

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Physicists

Lawyers

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	43
FY2011	35
FY2012	60
FY2013	54
FY2014	53
FY2015	48
FY2016	34
FY2017	59
FY2018	39
FY2019	60
FY2020	3
FY2021	3
FY2022	3
FY2023	23
FY2024	41
FY2025	39
FY2026	8

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