Employer profile
Qualcomm
822 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
84
FY2025 median
$127k
Top role
Staff Systems Analyst
57 filings · all-time
Top state
CA
775 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Qualcomm 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 Qualcomm hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 11▼ 87% | $122k |
| FY2025 | 84▲ 58% | $127k |
| FY2024 | 53▼ 51% | $116k |
| FY2023 | 108▼ 26% | $112k |
| FY2022 | 145▲ 63% | $109k |
| FY2021 | 89▲ 24% | $108k |
| FY2020 | 72▲ 18% | $103k |
| FY2019 | 61▼ 9% | $99k |
| FY2018 | 67▲ 6% | $98k |
| FY2017 | 63▼ 9% | $97k |
| FY2016 | 69— | $93k |
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 ?
14317%
Lvl I
283%
Lvl II
27934%
Lvl III
24430%
Lvl IV
12816%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Systems Analyst | 57 | $107k |
| Staff It Engineer | 47 | $104k |
| Staff Programmer Analyst | 38 | $105k |
| Staff It Software Developer | 36 | $133k |
| Senior Systems Analyst | 35 | $83k |
| Senior It Software Developer | 35 | $111k |
| Senior It Engineer | 31 | $92k |
| Senior Staff Systems Analyst | 30 | $134k |
| Senior Staff It Engineer | 26 | $128k |
| Senior It Data Scientist | 22 | $109k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 775 | $107k |
| TX | 17 | $106k |
| CO | 6 | $109k |
| NC | 5 | $116k |
| CT | 3 | $82k |
| MO | 3 | $119k |
| FL | 3 | $95k |
| ID | 2 | $99k |
| NJ | 2 | $97k |
| IN | 2 | $148k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Qualcomm pay H-1B workers?
- Qualcomm's median certified H-1B base salary is $127k (FY2025), from 84 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Qualcomm sponsor?
- Qualcomm has 822 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Qualcomm sponsor for H-1B?
- Qualcomm's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Staff Systems Analyst, Staff It Engineer, Staff Programmer Analyst, Staff It Software Developer.
- Where does Qualcomm hire H-1B workers?
- Qualcomm's top H-1B worksite states are CA, TX, CO, NC.
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