Sandia — 27 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2017)
- 13
- Filings · FY2017
- $86k
- Median base · FY2017
- Postdoctoral Appointee
- Top role · 3 all-time
- NM
- Top state · 17 all-time
Sandia filed 13 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2017 (down 7% from the year before), with a median base salary of $86k and the middle 50% of offers between $86k and $122k. Across all years it has 27 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Postdoctoral Appointee in New Mexico.
How much does Sandia 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. $86k median in FY2017. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Sandia's H-1B hiring changed by year?
14 certified filings in FY2016 → 13 in FY2017. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 13 | −7% | $86k |
| FY2016 | 14 | — | $86k |
Which wage levels does Sandia file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 38% of Sandia'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 13 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I61.5%8
- Level III38.5%5
What jobs does Sandia 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Where does Sandia 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NM | 17 | $86k |
| CA | 10 | $86k |
What has Sandia filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Sandia: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Sandia's H-1B filings
- 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.
- 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–FY2017). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →