Universal Instruments — 71 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 7
- Filings · FY2025
- $72k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Engineer
- Top role · 20 all-time
- NY
- Top state · 71 all-time
Universal Instruments filed 7 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 22% from the year before), with a median base salary of $72k and the middle 50% of offers between $69k and $75k. That is 34% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 71 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Software Engineer in New York.
How much does Universal Instruments 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. $72k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Universal Instruments's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2016 → 11 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 11 | +57% | $86k |
| FY2025 | 7 | −22% | $72k |
| FY2024 | 9 | +350% | $80k |
| FY2023 | 2 | −33% | $59k |
| FY2022 | 3 | −25% | $67k |
| FY2021 | 4 | +100% | $68k |
| FY2020 | 2 | −71% | $75k |
| FY2019 | 7 | −36% | $67k |
| FY2018 | 11 | −21% | $64k |
| FY2017 | 14 | +1300% | $62k |
| FY2016 | 1 | — | $67k |
Which wage levels does Universal Instruments file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 9% of Universal Instruments'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 70 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I70.0%49
- Level II21.4%15
- Level III8.6%6
What jobs does Universal Instruments 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 20 | $65k |
| Supplier Quality Engineer | 5 | $62k |
| Mechanical Engineer | 4 | $63k |
| Sr. Sales Engineer | 3 | $89k |
| Software Quality Engineer | 3 | $62k |
| Software Engineer - Automation | 3 | $94k |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 3 | $61k |
| Technical Publications Writer | 2 | $75k |
| Electrical Engineer | 2 | $65k |
| Software Applications Engineer | 2 | $62k |
Where does Universal Instruments 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NY | 71 | $69k |
What has Universal Instruments filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 71 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Universal Instruments's H-1B filings
- How much does Universal Instruments pay H-1B workers?
- Universal Instruments's median certified H-1B base salary is $72k (FY2025), from 7 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Universal Instruments sponsor?
- Universal Instruments has 71 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Universal Instruments sponsor for H-1B?
- Universal Instruments's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Sr. Sales Engineer.
- Where does Universal Instruments hire H-1B workers?
- Universal Instruments's top H-1B worksite states are NY.
- 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 →