H-1B sponsorship profile: Cepheid. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Cepheid filed 303 Labor Condition Applications covering 303 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 97.4% (295 certified of 303 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on Cepheid’s H-1B petitions range from $83,628 at the low end to $225,100 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $142,383. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Senior Process Engineer (17 petitions at $133,869 avg), followed by Senior Scientist I and Process Engineer. H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. Cepheid is headquartered in SUNNYVALE, CA under NAICS code 334516, and places H-1B workers across 9 states, most heavily in CA, TX, GA. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where Cepheid ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Cepheid is #649 of 119,880 employers nationally and #132 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.