H-1B sponsorship profile: Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc filed 682 Labor Condition Applications covering 13,843 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 98.4% (671 certified of 682 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 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc’s H-1B petitions range from $88,265 at the low end to $264,514 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $143,247. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Senior Software Engineer (64 petitions at $130,409 avg), followed by Staff Software Engineer and Software 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. Qualcomm Atheros, Inc is headquartered in San Diego, CA under NAICS code 334413, and places H-1B workers across 2 states, most heavily in CA, NJ. 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 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc is #265 of 119,880 employers nationally and #66 of 22,893 employers headquartered in CA. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.