Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. H-1B wage filings
San Diego, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. filed 98 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026, covering 8,018 positions. The median wage it offered was $156,853, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Staff Software Engineer (10 filings, median $160,463).
- Filings
- 98
- Positions covered
- 8,018
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 36
- Worksite cities
- 7
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,458
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +30%
Offered wage since 2020
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 30%, from $120,578 in fiscal 2020 to $156,853 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 361 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 86 | $156,853 | +3.8% | $156,853 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 145 | $151,091 | +13.5% | $151,091 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 157 | $133,169 | +4.9% | $132,788 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 293 | $126,984 | −3.0% | $126,464 | at the minimum |
| 2022 | 361 | $130,894 | no change | $124,176 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 251 | $130,894 | +8.6% | $124,176 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 165 | $120,578 | n/a | $117,021 | at the minimum |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Software Engineer | 10 | $160,463 | at the minimum | +11% since 2020 | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 8 | $139,722 | at the minimum | +42% since 2020 | |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer | 7 | $196,409 | at the minimum | +17% since 2020 | |
| Senior Systems Test Engineer | 6 | $130,187 | at the minimum | +8% since 2020 | |
| Staff Systems Engineer | 6 | $176,775 | at the minimum | +25% since 2021 | |
| Staff Systems Test Engineer | 6 | $147,523 | at the minimum | +1% since 2020 | |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 5 | $139,495 | at the minimum | +15% since 2021 | |
| Senior ASICS Engineer | 4 | $151,785 | at the minimum | +35% since 2020 | |
| Senior Staff Software Applications Engineer | 4 | $176,554 | at the minimum | ||
| Software Engineer | 4 | $126,987 | at the minimum | +36% since 2020 | |
| Staff ASICS Engineer | 4 | $171,138 | at the minimum | +10% since 2020 | |
| Senior Staff Systems Test Engineer | 3 | $184,974 | at the minimum | ||
| Staff Hardware Engineer | 3 | $160,553 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Software Applications Engineer | 2 | $127,178 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Staff/Manager Software Engineer | 2 | $197,397 | at the minimum | ||
| Staff Hardware Applications Engineer | 2 | $143,127 | +4.2% | ||
| Staff Software Applications Engineer | 2 | $152,468 | at the minimum | +27% since 2020 | |
| Systems Test Engineer | 2 | $110,755 | at the minimum | +3% since 2020 | |
| ASICS Engineer | 1 | $128,412 | at the minimum | +26% since 2020 | |
| Hardware Engineer | 1 | $128,588 | at the minimum | ||
| Principal ASICS Engineer | 1 | $216,091 | at the minimum | ||
| Principal Software Engineer | 1 | $264,514 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Director, Software Engineering | 1 | $321,095 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Hardware Applications Engineer | 1 | $156,853 | at the minimum | ||
| Senior Hardware Engineer | 1 | $129,300 | +0.6% | +12% since 2021 | |
| Senior RFIC Design Engineer | 1 | $156,853 | at the minimum | +28% since 2020 | |
| Senior Staff ASICS Engineer | 1 | $216,091 | at the minimum | +23% since 2021 | |
| Senior Staff Modem Technologies Software Engineer | 1 | $187,000 | +1.1% | ||
| Senior Staff RFIC Design Engineer | 1 | $216,091 | at the minimum | ||
| Sr Staff Systems Engineer | 1 | $216,091 | at the minimum | +5% since 2021 | |
| Software Applications Engineer | 1 | $126,734 | at the minimum | ||
| Staff Program Manager | 1 | $200,428 | at the minimum | ||
| Staff Project Manager | 1 | $194,355 | at the minimum | ||
| Staff RFIC Design Engineer | 1 | $186,472 | at the minimum | +11% since 2020 | |
| Staff/Manager Systems Test Engineer | 1 | $148,800 | +1.4% | ||
| Systems Engineer | 1 | $114,252 | at the minimum | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara, CA | 70 | $160,149 |
| San Diego, CA | 23 | $130,187 |
| Austin, TX | 1 | $115,600 |
| Bridgewater, NJ | 1 | $152,027 |
| Coppell, TX | 1 | $157,600 |
| Denver, CO | 1 | $194,355 |
| Plano, TX | 1 | $134,971 |
By visa type: 97 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 98 certified.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- On 99.0% of its filings, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. declared itself an H-1B-dependent employer: one where H-1B workers make up a large share of staff, which adds hiring obligations.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.