Employer profile
Sandia
27 certified H-1B filings across 2 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2017 filings
13
FY2017 median
$86k
Top role
Postdoctoral Appointee
3 filings · all-time
Top state
NM
17 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How Sandia 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 Sandia hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 13▼ 7% | $86k |
| FY2016 | 14— | $86k |
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 ?
1452%
Lvl I
830%
Lvl III
519%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Appointee | 3 | $86k |
| Senior R&D Computer Scientist | 2 | $124k |
| Postdoctoral Appointee - Computational Electromagnetics | 1 | $86k |
| Postdoctoral Appointee - Computational Nonlinear Modeling | 1 | $86k |
| Postdoctoral Appointee - Emerging Exascale Architectures | 1 | $86k |
| Postdoctoral Appointee - Optical And Electrical Nanocrystals | 1 | $86k |
| Postdoctoral Appointee - Optimization & Uncertainty Quanti | 1 | $86k |
| Postdoctoral Appointee (Combustion Chemistry-Physics) | 1 | $86k |
| Postdoctoral Appointee (Combustion Chemistry) | 1 | $86k |
| Postdoctoral Appointee (Computational Mathematics Research) | 1 | $101k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| NM | 17 | $86k |
| CA | 10 | $86k |
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Frequently asked questions
- How much does Sandia pay H-1B workers?
- Sandia's median certified H-1B base salary is $86k (FY2017), from 13 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Sandia sponsor?
- Sandia has 27 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2017).
- What jobs does Sandia sponsor for H-1B?
- Sandia's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Postdoctoral Appointee, Senior R&D Computer Scientist, Postdoctoral Appointee - Computational Electromagnetics, Postdoctoral Appointee - Computational Nonlinear Modeling.
- Where does Sandia hire H-1B workers?
- Sandia's top H-1B worksite states are NM, CA.
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