Quest Diagnostics — 465 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 44
- Filings · FY2025
- $88k
- Median base · FY2025
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Top role · 170 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 245 all-time
Quest Diagnostics filed 44 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 100% from the year before), with a median base salary of $88k and the middle 50% of offers between $80k and $117k. That is 11% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 465 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Clinical Laboratory Scientist in California.
How much does Quest Diagnostics 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. $88k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Quest Diagnostics's H-1B hiring changed by year?
62 certified filings in FY2016 → 29 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 29 | −34% | $88k |
| FY2025 | 44 | +100% | $88k |
| FY2024 | 22 | −35% | $86k |
| FY2023 | 34 | −17% | $79k |
| FY2022 | 41 | −2% | $78k |
| FY2021 | 42 | +11% | $91k |
| FY2020 | 38 | −16% | $73k |
| FY2019 | 45 | −22% | $97k |
| FY2018 | 58 | +16% | $85k |
| FY2017 | 50 | −19% | $73k |
| FY2016 | 62 | — | $66k |
Which wage levels does Quest Diagnostics file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 28% of Quest Diagnostics'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 324 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I19.4%63
- Level II52.8%171
- Level III9.6%31
- Level IV18.2%59
What jobs does Quest Diagnostics sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Quest Diagnostics's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Laboratory Scientist | 170 | $72k |
| Software Engineer III | 57 | $106k |
| Software Engineer II | 33 | $96k |
| Clinical Laboratory Scientist I | 17 | $60k |
| Clinical Laboratory Scientist II | 12 | $73k |
| Medical Technologist | 8 | $47k |
| Senior IT Test Engineer | 7 | $84k |
| Senior Web Developer | 7 | $100k |
| Medical Laboratory Scientist | 7 | $64k |
| Principal Software Engineer | 6 | $110k |
Where does Quest Diagnostics 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 | 245 | $73k |
| PA | 51 | $102k |
| KS | 45 | $105k |
| NJ | 40 | $101k |
| TX | 24 | $111k |
| OH | 19 | $93k |
| WA | 8 | $86k |
| GA | 8 | $60k |
| VA | 6 | $92k |
| MA | 6 | $102k |
What has Quest Diagnostics filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 465 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Quest Diagnostics's H-1B filings
- How much does Quest Diagnostics pay H-1B workers?
- Quest Diagnostics's median certified H-1B base salary is $88k (FY2025), from 44 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Quest Diagnostics sponsor?
- Quest Diagnostics has 465 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Quest Diagnostics sponsor for H-1B?
- Quest Diagnostics's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Software Engineer III, Software Engineer II, Clinical Laboratory Scientist I.
- Where does Quest Diagnostics hire H-1B workers?
- Quest Diagnostics's top H-1B worksite states are CA, PA, KS, NJ.
- 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 →