Staar Surgical — 49 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 10
- Filings · FY2025
- $113k
- Median base · FY2025
- Quality Engineer II
- Top role · 6 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 41 all-time
Staar Surgical filed 10 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 67% from the year before), with a median base salary of $113k and the middle 50% of offers between $98k and $130k. That is 4% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 49 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Quality Engineer II in California.
How much does Staar Surgical 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. $113k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Staar Surgical's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2016 → 4 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 4 | −60% | $100k |
| FY2025 | 10 | +67% | $113k |
| FY2024 | 6 | +20% | $100k |
| FY2023 | 5 | −50% | $110k |
| FY2022 | 10 | +400% | $92k |
| FY2021 | 2 | −33% | $77k |
| FY2020 | 3 | 0% | $101k |
| FY2019 | 3 | −25% | $68k |
| FY2018 | 4 | +100% | $64k |
| FY2016 | 2 | — | $90k |
Which wage levels does Staar Surgical file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 59% of Staar Surgical'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 46 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I6.5%3
- Level II34.8%16
- Level III37.0%17
- Level IV21.7%10
What jobs does Staar Surgical 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Quality Engineer II | 6 | $90k |
| Quality Engineer | 5 | $68k |
| Software Validation Engineer | 5 | $100k |
| Manager, Design Assurance | 4 | $100k |
| Regulatory Affairs Specialist | 4 | $93k |
| Validation Project Manager | 2 | $120k |
| Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs | 2 | $180k |
| Quality Engineer 2 | 2 | $77k |
| Sales Analyst | 1 | $64k |
| Senior Director, Global Validation | 1 | $200k |
Where does Staar Surgical 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 | 41 | $100k |
| WA | 4 | $93k |
| GA | 3 | $110k |
| FL | 1 | $115k |
What has Staar Surgical filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Staar Surgical: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Staar Surgical's H-1B filings
- How much does Staar Surgical pay H-1B workers?
- Staar Surgical's median certified H-1B base salary is $113k (FY2025), from 10 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Staar Surgical sponsor?
- Staar Surgical has 49 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Staar Surgical sponsor for H-1B?
- Staar Surgical's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Quality Engineer II, Quality Engineer, Software Validation Engineer, Manager, Design Assurance.
- Where does Staar Surgical hire H-1B workers?
- Staar Surgical's top H-1B worksite states are CA, WA, GA, FL.
- 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 →