Valco Instruments — 8 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2025)
- 2
- Filings · FY2025
- $84k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Electronic Engineer
- Top role · 2 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 8 all-time
Valco Instruments filed 2 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 33% from the year before), with a median base salary of $84k and the middle 50% of offers between $84k and $94k. That is 22% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 8 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Electronic Engineer in Texas.
How much does Valco 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. $84k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Valco Instruments's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2016 → 2 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 2 | −33% | $84k |
| FY2022 | 3 | +50% | $115k |
| FY2019 | 2 | +100% | $54k |
| FY2016 | 1 | — | $48k |
Which wage levels does Valco Instruments file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 29% of Valco 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 7 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I42.9%3
- Level II28.6%2
- Level III28.6%2
What jobs does Valco 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Electronic Engineer | 2 | $115k |
| Research Chemist | 1 | $94k |
| Quality Assurance Industrial Coordinator | 1 | $48k |
| Electrical Electronic Engineer | 1 | $84k |
| Electronics Engineer | 1 | $109k |
| Lab Technician | 1 | $57k |
| QA Industrial Coordinator/Technologist | 1 | $54k |
Where does Valco 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 8 | $84k |
What has Valco Instruments filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Valco Instruments: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Research Chemist | $93,683 |
| 2025 | Electrical Electronic Engineer | $84,469 |
| 2022 | Senior Electronic Engineer | $114,504 |
| 2022 | Senior Electronic Engineer | $114,504 |
| 2022 | Lab Technician | $57,000 |
| 2019 | Electronics Engineer | $108,680 |
| 2019 | QA Industrial Coordinator/Technologist | $53,560 |
| 2016 | Quality Assurance Industrial Coordinator | $48,360 |
Common questions about Valco Instruments's H-1B filings
- How much does Valco Instruments pay H-1B workers?
- Valco Instruments's median certified H-1B base salary is $84k (FY2025), from 2 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Valco Instruments sponsor?
- Valco Instruments has 8 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Valco Instruments sponsor for H-1B?
- Valco Instruments's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Electronic Engineer, Research Chemist, Quality Assurance Industrial Coordinator, Electrical Electronic Engineer.
- Where does Valco Instruments hire H-1B workers?
- Valco Instruments's top H-1B worksite states are 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–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →