Employer profile
Altera
240 certified H-1B filings across 5 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
67
FY2025 median
$149k
Top role
Component Design Engineer
63 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
211 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Altera pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How Altera hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 13▼ 81% | $139k |
| FY2025 | 67▲ 6600% | $149k |
| FY2018 | 1▼ 91% | $111k |
| FY2017 | 11▼ 93% | $113k |
| FY2016 | 148— | $103k |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
20083%
Lvl I
63%
Lvl II
104%
Lvl III
104%
Lvl IV
146%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Component Design Engineer | 63 | $109k |
| Product Engineer | 17 | $87k |
| Product Development Engineer | 15 | $131k |
| Software Engineer | 13 | $107k |
| Application Developer | 9 | $81k |
| Applications Developer | 9 | $77k |
| Soc Design Verification Engineer | 8 | $108k |
| Fpga Silicon Design Verification Engineer | 6 | $136k |
| Soc Logic Design Engineer | 5 | $152k |
| Applications Engineer | 4 | $106k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 211 | $109k |
| TX | 20 | $110k |
| OR | 6 | $122k |
| NJ | 2 | $77k |
| WA | 1 | $156k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Altera pay H-1B workers?
- Altera's median certified H-1B base salary is $149k (FY2025), from 67 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Altera sponsor?
- Altera has 240 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Altera sponsor for H-1B?
- Altera's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Component Design Engineer, Product Engineer, Product Development Engineer, Software Engineer.
- Where does Altera hire H-1B workers?
- Altera's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, OR, NJ.
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