Nkarta — 10 certified H-1B filings (FY2019–FY2025)
- 1
- Filings · FY2025
- $139k
- Median base · FY2025
- Associate Director, Manufacturing Facilities & Engineering
- Top role · 1 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 10 all-time
Nkarta filed 1 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 67% from the year before), with a median base salary of $139k and the middle 50% of offers between $139k and $139k. That is 24% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 10 certified filings since FY2019, most often for Associate Director, Manufacturing Facilities & Engineering in California.
How much does Nkarta 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. $139k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Nkarta's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2019 → 1 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1 | −67% | $139k |
| FY2024 | 3 | −25% | $147k |
| FY2022 | 4 | +300% | $120k |
| FY2021 | 1 | 0% | $124k |
| FY2019 | 1 | — | $70k |
Which wage levels does Nkarta file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 38% of Nkarta'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 8 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I25.0%2
- Level II37.5%3
- Level III12.5%1
- Level IV25.0%2
What jobs does Nkarta 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Director, Manufacturing Facilities & Engineering | 1 | $202k |
| Bioinformatics Analyst II | 1 | $120k |
| Director, Manufacturing Facilities and Engineering | 1 | $207k |
| Laboratory Operations Manager | 1 | $124k |
| Manager Clinical Trials | 1 | $127k |
| Principal Engineer | 1 | $147k |
| Research Associate 1 | 1 | $70k |
| Scientist I | 1 | $139k |
| Senior Clinical Research Associate | 1 | $124k |
| Senior Process Development Engineer | 1 | $95k |
Where does Nkarta 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 | 10 | $124k |
What has Nkarta filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Nkarta: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Scientist I | $139,339 |
| 2024 | Principal Engineer | $147,410 |
| 2024 | Director, Manufacturing Facilities and Engineering | $207,000 |
| 2024 | Manager Clinical Trials | $127,239 |
| 2022 | Bioinformatics Analyst II | $120,000 |
| 2022 | Associate Director, Manufacturing Facilities & Engineering | $202,425 |
| 2022 | Senior Process Development Engineer | $95,347 |
| 2022 | Laboratory Operations Manager | $123,614 |
| 2021 | Senior Clinical Research Associate | $124,051 |
| 2019 | Research Associate 1 | $69,659 |
Common questions about Nkarta's H-1B filings
- How much does Nkarta pay H-1B workers?
- Nkarta's median certified H-1B base salary is $139k (FY2025), from 1 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Nkarta sponsor?
- Nkarta has 10 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2019–FY2025).
- What jobs does Nkarta sponsor for H-1B?
- Nkarta's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Associate Director, Manufacturing Facilities & Engineering, Bioinformatics Analyst II, Director, Manufacturing Facilities and Engineering, Laboratory Operations Manager.
- Where does Nkarta hire H-1B workers?
- Nkarta's top H-1B worksite states are CA.
- 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 (FY2019–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →