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Georgetown University H-1B company data

Employer profile assembled from DOL OFLC LCA rows and USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub petition summaries. Rows below include aliases, source IDs, filing coverage, petition counts, role coverage, worksite coverage, and wage summary fields when present.

Role rows Wage rows Trends

Employer	LCA filings	Role titles	Worksites	Coverage	USCIS approvals	Top role	Sources	Open
Georgetown University GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY	1,072	252	34	FY2016 to FY2026 Latest decision 2026-03-31	632	Postdoctoral Fellow 33 filings	dol_oflc_lca, uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub	Profile

Activity summary

LCA filings	1,072
Certified LCAs	1,044
Denied LCAs	2
Role titles	252
Worksites	34
Latest decision	2026-03-31
USCIS approvals	632
USCIS denials	8

Aliases and source names

Aliases	Source Names	Sources
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY	Georgetown University, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY	dol_oflc_lca, uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub

Top roles

Title	SOC	LCA filings	Low wage min	High wage max
Postdoctoral Fellow	19-1042.00 Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	33	$49,402	$63,000
Assistant Professor	25-1063.00 Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	21	$141,584	$180,000
Biostatistician	15-2041.01 Biostatisticians	15	$62,276	$104,323
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW	19-1029 BIOLOGICAL SCIENTISTS, ALL OTHER	15	$46,000	$65,000
Assistant Professor	25-1011.00 Business Teachers, Postsecondary	14	$180,000	$246,466
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW	19-1042 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS, EXCEPT EPIDEMIOLOGISTS	14	$40,000	$64,000
Postdoctoral Fellow	19-2012.00 Physicists	12	$61,000	$92,400
Assistant Professor	19-1042.00 Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	11	$83,501	$140,000
Assistant Professor	25-1065.00 Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	10	$87,000	$123,977
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR	25-1011 BUSINESS TEACHERS, POSTSECONDARY	9	$164,000	$176,200

Top markets

City	State	Postal Code	LCA Count	Role Title Count	Wage Low Min	Wage High Max	First Fiscal Year	Latest Fiscal Year
Washington	DC	20057	678	145	35,131	294,500	2,016	2,026
Washington	DC	20007	202	87	39,000	275,000	2,016	2,026
Washington	DC	20001	94	42	59,669	262,100	2,016	2,026
Gaithersburg	MD	20899	56	12	49,920	130,000	2,016	2,026
Seattle	WA	98109	3	1	80,000	80,000	2,023	2,025
Corte Madera	CA	94925	2	1	80,912	86,486	2,021	2,024
Wash8ington	DC	20057	2	1	140,000	140,000	2,024	2,025
New York	NY	10014	2	1	100,037	100,037	2,022	2,023
Warren	OH	44484	2	1	122,439	122,439	2,022	2,023
Logan	UT	84322	2	1	75,500	75,500	2,023	2,023

Full company payload

Company ID	company:georgetown university
Name	Georgetown University
Normalized Name	georgetown university
Source Company Ids	company_dol_oflc_lca_georgetown_university, company_uscis_h1b_datahub_georgetown_university_tax_6603
Source Names	Georgetown University, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Aliases	GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Sources	dol_oflc_lca, uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub

Identifiers

[
  {
    "identifier_type": "tax_id_last_four",
    "identifier_value": "6603",
    "source": "uscis_h1b_employer_data_hub"
  }
]

LCA Activity

{
  "lca_count": 1072,
  "case_count": 1072,
  "role_title_count": 252,
  "worksite_count": 34,
  "first_fiscal_year": 2016,
  "latest_fiscal_year": 2026,
  "latest_decision_date": "2026-03-31",
  "certified_count": 1044,
  "denied_count": 2
}

Petition Activity

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  "total_denial": 8,
  "fiscal_years": [
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    "2010",
    "2011",
    "2012",
    "2014",
    "2015",
    "2016",
    "2020",
    "2021",
    "2022",
    "2023"
  ],
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      "postal_codes": [
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      ],
      "total_denial": 0,
      "initial_denial": 0,
      "total_approval": 92,
      "initial_approval": 56,
      "continuing_denial": 0,
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      "continuing_approval": 36
    },
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      "continuing_denial": 0,
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      "total_denial": 3,
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      "total_approval": 85,
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      "continuing_denial": 1,
      "petition_count_id": "petition_count_uscis_h1b_archive_georgetown_university_tax_6603_2011",
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      "continuing_approval": 48
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      "total_denial": 0,
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      "continuing_approval": 18
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      "continuing_approval": 0
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}

Geography

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Industry

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Wage Summary

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Trend

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  {
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  {
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Links

{
  "roles": "/v1/roles?company=Georgetown%20University",
  "wages": "/v1/wages?company=Georgetown%20University",
  "trends": "/v1/trends?company=Georgetown%20University"
}

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