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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Filed 114 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2026 from worksites with a MA 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Withdrawn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withdrawn rate · FY2026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

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private oceanographic research facility based in Massachusetts. In FY2026, it filed 3 H-1B petitions with a 100% certification rate. Across all years from 2010 to 2026, the institution has filed 114 H-1B petitions, achieving an 85.96% overall certification rate with 1.75% withdrawn and 4.39% denied.

The institution's H-1B sponsorship centers on specialized scientific and research roles. Physicists represent its largest hiring category at 38 filings, followed by medical scientists (26 filings) and biochemists and biophysicists (22 filings). These occupations reflect Woods Hole's focus on marine and life sciences research. A smaller number of biological scientists and IT management roles round out its sponsorship profile.

H-1B activity peaked in the 2010–2011 period with 17–18 annual filings, then declined through the mid-2010s. After a near-dormant period (2015–2019), sponsorship resumed at modest levels in 2024–2025 before dropping to 3 filings in 2026.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	86.0%
Cert-withdrawn	7.9%
Withdrawn	1.8%
Denied	4.4%

Certified86.0%

Cert-withdrawn7.9%

Withdrawn1.8%

Denied4.4%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	19-2012	Physicists	38
2	19-1042	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	26
3	19-1021	Biochemists and Biophysicists	22
4	19-1029	Biological Scientists, All Other	10
5	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	5
6	15-1252	Software Developers	4
7	17-2199	Engineers, All Other	2
8	19-1022	Microbiologists	2
9	19-2042	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	2
10	19-4021	Biological Technicians	2

Physicists

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Biochemists and Biophysicists

Biological Scientists, All Other

Computer and Information Systems Managers

Software Developers

Engineers, All Other

Microbiologists

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

Biological Technicians

H-1B filings by fiscal year

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

Year	Filings
FY2010	17
FY2011	18
FY2012	12
FY2013	10
FY2014	7
FY2015	3
FY2016	2
FY2017	4
FY2018	5
FY2019	5
FY2023	2
FY2024	13
FY2025	13
FY2026	3

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