Employer profile
Illumina
1,141 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
110
FY2025 median
$136k
Top role
Staff Software Engineer
36 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
1,055 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Illumina 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 Illumina hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 14▼ 87% | $130k |
| FY2025 | 110▲ 22% | $136k |
| FY2024 | 90▼ 3% | $124k |
| FY2023 | 93▼ 38% | $125k |
| FY2022 | 151▲ 34% | $120k |
| FY2021 | 113▲ 4% | $117k |
| FY2020 | 109▼ 34% | $105k |
| FY2019 | 165▲ 21% | $97k |
| FY2018 | 136▲ 70% | $105k |
| FY2017 | 800% | $102k |
| FY2016 | 80— | $92k |
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 ?
11710%
Lvl I
14012%
Lvl II
25823%
Lvl III
29326%
Lvl IV
33329%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Software Engineer | 36 | $145k |
| Sr. Business Systems Analyst | 34 | $117k |
| Staff Business Systems Analyst | 29 | $120k |
| Sr. Software Engineer | 26 | $135k |
| Scientist | 21 | $85k |
| Bioinformatics Scientist | 19 | $101k |
| Staff Engineer - Development | 17 | $112k |
| Scientist 2 | 16 | $87k |
| Software Engineer | 16 | $97k |
| Business Systems Analyst | 14 | $96k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 1,055 | $109k |
| TX | 30 | $130k |
| WA | 8 | $130k |
| OH | 7 | $125k |
| NC | 6 | $115k |
| GA | 5 | $130k |
| PA | 5 | $76k |
| IL | 4 | $100k |
| WI | 3 | $54k |
| MI | 3 | $125k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Illumina pay H-1B workers?
- Illumina's median certified H-1B base salary is $136k (FY2025), from 110 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Illumina sponsor?
- Illumina has 1,141 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Illumina sponsor for H-1B?
- Illumina's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Staff Software Engineer, Sr. Business Systems Analyst, Staff Business Systems Analyst, Sr. Software Engineer.
- Where does Illumina hire H-1B workers?
- Illumina's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, WA, OH.
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