Dolby Laboratories — 376 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 29
- Filings · FY2025
- $143k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Engineer
- Top role · 25 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 341 all-time
Dolby Laboratories filed 29 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 53% from the year before), with a median base salary of $143k and the middle 50% of offers between $128k and $170k. That is 13% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 376 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Engineer in California.
How much does Dolby Laboratories pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $143k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Dolby Laboratories's H-1B hiring changed by year?
52 certified filings in FY2016 → 25 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 25 | −14% | $130k |
| FY2025 | 29 | +53% | $143k |
| FY2024 | 19 | +12% | $165k |
| FY2023 | 17 | −59% | $150k |
| FY2022 | 41 | −25% | $152k |
| FY2021 | 55 | +57% | $129k |
| FY2020 | 35 | −17% | $129k |
| FY2019 | 42 | +24% | $123k |
| FY2018 | 34 | +26% | $122k |
| FY2017 | 27 | −48% | $113k |
| FY2016 | 52 | — | $103k |
Which wage levels does Dolby Laboratories file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 48% of Dolby Laboratories's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 196 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I3.6%7
- Level II48.5%95
- Level III21.9%43
- Level IV26.0%51
What jobs does Dolby Laboratories sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Engineer | 25 | $142k |
| Software QA Engineer | 10 | $103k |
| Senior Researcher | 10 | $162k |
| Software Engineer | 9 | $118k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 8 | $122k |
| QA Engineer | 7 | $103k |
| Staff Engineer | 6 | $148k |
| Staff Applications Engineer | 6 | $131k |
| Business Systems Specialist | 5 | $92k |
| Senior Manager, Engineering | 5 | $203k |
Where does Dolby Laboratories hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 341 | $130k |
| GA | 23 | $107k |
| AZ | 3 | $113k |
| MO | 3 | $63k |
| FL | 2 | $133k |
| NY | 1 | $170k |
| TX | 1 | $148k |
| UT | 1 | $140k |
| VA | 1 | $155k |
What has Dolby Laboratories filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 376 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Dolby Laboratories's H-1B filings
- How much does Dolby Laboratories pay H-1B workers?
- Dolby Laboratories's median certified H-1B base salary is $143k (FY2025), from 29 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Dolby Laboratories sponsor?
- Dolby Laboratories has 376 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Dolby Laboratories sponsor for H-1B?
- Dolby Laboratories's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Engineer, Software QA Engineer, Senior Researcher, Software Engineer.
- Where does Dolby Laboratories hire H-1B workers?
- Dolby Laboratories's top H-1B worksite states are CA, GA, AZ, MO.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →