Smith Nephew — 433 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 46
- Filings · FY2025
- $124k
- Median base · FY2025
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Top role · 5 all-time
- TN
- Top state · 125 all-time
Smith Nephew filed 46 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 77% from the year before), with a median base salary of $124k and the middle 50% of offers between $103k and $151k. That is 22% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 433 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Manufacturing Engineer in Tennessee.
How much does Smith Nephew 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. $124k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Smith Nephew's H-1B hiring changed by year?
32 certified filings in FY2016 → 22 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 22 | −52% | $118k |
| FY2025 | 46 | +77% | $124k |
| FY2024 | 26 | −28% | $121k |
| FY2023 | 36 | −41% | $110k |
| FY2022 | 61 | +3% | $105k |
| FY2021 | 59 | +20% | $95k |
| FY2020 | 49 | +145% | $94k |
| FY2019 | 20 | −47% | $86k |
| FY2018 | 38 | −14% | $80k |
| FY2017 | 44 | +38% | $74k |
| FY2016 | 32 | — | $84k |
Which wage levels does Smith Nephew file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 53% of Smith Nephew'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 392 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I16.6%65
- Level II30.1%118
- Level III19.4%76
- Level IV33.9%133
What jobs does Smith Nephew 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Engineer | 5 | $64k |
| Quality Engineer II | 5 | $74k |
| Sr. Manufacturing Engineer | 5 | $84k |
| Data Quality Analyst | 5 | $65k |
| Project Manager | 4 | $72k |
| Product Manager | 4 | $85k |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer | 4 | $89k |
| Evidence Evaluation Specialist | 3 | $81k |
| Senior Quality Engineer | 3 | $95k |
| Software Development Engineer | 3 | $71k |
Where does Smith Nephew 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TN | 125 | $89k |
| PA | 116 | $96k |
| MA | 114 | $111k |
| TX | 58 | $103k |
| CA | 7 | $105k |
| MD | 6 | $65k |
| OK | 4 | $76k |
| MN | 1 | $62k |
| IL | 1 | $65k |
| FL | 1 | $76k |
What has Smith Nephew filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 433 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Smith Nephew's H-1B filings
- How much does Smith Nephew pay H-1B workers?
- Smith Nephew's median certified H-1B base salary is $124k (FY2025), from 46 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Smith Nephew sponsor?
- Smith Nephew has 433 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Smith Nephew sponsor for H-1B?
- Smith Nephew's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Manufacturing Engineer, Quality Engineer II, Sr. Manufacturing Engineer, Data Quality Analyst.
- Where does Smith Nephew hire H-1B workers?
- Smith Nephew's top H-1B worksite states are TN, PA, MA, TX.
- 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 →