Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. H-1B wage filings
San Diego, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. filed 1,063 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026, covering 71,353 positions. The median wage it offered was $154,000, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior ASICS Engineer (31 filings, median $128,898).
- Filings
- 1,063
- Positions covered
- 71,353
- Certified
- 99.7%
- Job titles
- 226
- Worksite cities
- 40
- Filings since FY2020
- 13,590
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +31%
Offered wage since 2020
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 31%, from $117,021 in fiscal 2020 to $153,537 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 3,112 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 Technologies, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 812 | $153,537 | +14.9% | $152,506 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 1,934 | $133,600 | +8.6% | $126,880 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 1,862 | $123,000 | −2.4% | $121,597 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 3,112 | $126,000 | +4.8% | $112,622 | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 2,738 | $120,224 | +1.0% | $111,322 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,016 | $119,004 | +1.7% | $117,021 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 1,116 | $117,021 | n/a | $108,971 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior ASICS Engineer | 31 | $128,898 | at the minimum | +18% since 2020 | |
| Staff CPU Engineer | 31 | $152,506 | at the minimum | +12% since 2021 | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 28 | $130,187 | at the minimum | +32% since 2020 | |
| Senior Staff CPU Engineer | 25 | $179,000 | +1.7% | +2% since 2021 | |
| Senior CPU Engineer | 23 | $151,091 | at the minimum | +4% since 2022 | |
| Staff ASICS Engineer | 22 | $152,506 | at the minimum | +19% since 2020 | |
| Senior GPU Engineer | 20 | $133,600 | +3.6% | +9% since 2020 | |
| Senior Machine Learning Engineer | 19 | $140,800 | +8.2% | +14% since 2020 | |
| Senior Staff ASICS Engineer | 19 | $176,134 | at the minimum | +18% since 2020 | |
| Staff Modem Technologies Engineer | 19 | $155,000 | +1.6% | +13% since 2022 | |
| Staff Software Engineer | 19 | $154,606 | at the minimum | +33% since 2020 | |
| Senior Camera Engineer | 17 | $142,200 | at the minimum | +15% since 2020 | |
| Senior Cellular System Test Engineer | 17 | $130,187 | at the minimum | +17% since 2023 | |
| Senior Modem Technologies Engineer | 17 | $139,495 | at the minimum | +19% since 2022 | |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer | 17 | $184,459 | at the minimum | +33% since 2020 | |
| Staff GPU Engineer | 16 | $172,100 | +6.1% | +15% since 2020 | |
| Senior DSP Architecture and Design Engineer | 15 | $127,200 | +15.0% | +20% since 2021 | |
| Staff Modem Technologies Software Engineer | 14 | $157,581 | at the minimum | +15% since 2022 | |
| ASICS Engineer | 13 | $128,412 | at the minimum | +22% since 2020 | |
| Staff Cellular System Test Engineer | 13 | $155,648 | at the minimum | +17% since 2023 | |
| Staff Video Systems/Hardware Architecture Engineer | 13 | $152,506 | at the minimum | +18% since 2020 | |
| Senior Staff GPU Engineer | 12 | $195,200 | +10.8% | +13% since 2020 | |
| Senior Staff Modem Technologies Engineer | 12 | $187,000 | +6.2% | +7% since 2023 | |
| Staff Camera Engineer | 11 | $152,506 | at the minimum | +18% since 2020 | |
| Staff Software Applications Engineer | 11 | $149,714 | at the minimum | +32% since 2020 | |
| Cellular System Test Engineer | 10 | $104,290 | at the minimum | −6% since 2023 | |
| CPU Engineer | 10 | $128,898 | at the minimum | +21% since 2021 | |
| GPU Engineer | 10 | $128,898 | at the minimum | +18% since 2020 | |
| Staff DSP Architecture and Design Engineer | 10 | $154,000 | +13.3% | +12% since 2021 | |
| Staff Hardware Engineer | 10 | $152,506 | at the minimum | +13% since 2020 | |
| Staff Machine Learning Engineer | 10 | $158,400 | +0.5% | +16% since 2020 | |
| Principal CPU Engineer | 9 | $211,900 | +31.5% | +16% since 2021 | |
| Senior Software Applications Engineer | 9 | $126,734 | at the minimum | +31% since 2020 | |
| Senior Systems Test Engineer | 9 | $130,187 | at the minimum | +32% since 2020 | |
| Staff Cellular Technologies Engineer | 9 | $152,506 | at the minimum | +19% since 2020 | |
| Staff Cellular Technologies Software Engineer | 9 | $157,581 | at the minimum | +22% since 2021 | |
| Staff Product Manager | 9 | $179,200 | +13.5% | +21% since 2020 | |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 8 | $130,187 | at the minimum | +26% since 2020 | |
| Senior Hardware Engineer | 8 | $128,898 | at the minimum | +20% since 2020 | |
| Senior Staff Software Applications Engineer | 8 | $184,974 | at the minimum | +33% since 2021 | |
Showing the 40 most-filed of 226 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| San Diego, CA | 601 | $152,506 |
| Santa Clara, CA | 233 | $180,648 |
| Austin, TX | 108 | $148,300 |
| Boulder, CO | 20 | $133,500 |
| Boxborough, MA | 15 | $140,800 |
| Novi, MI | 9 | $120,349 |
| Raleigh, NC | 8 | $130,100 |
| Hillsboro, OR | 7 | $148,866 |
| Irvine, CA | 7 | $173,930 |
| Bridgewater, NJ | 6 | $129,584 |
| Bellevue, WA | 5 | $180,710 |
| Cupertino, CA | 5 | $156,853 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 40 worksite cities.
By visa type: 1,058 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia), 1 H-1B1 (Singapore). By outcome: 1,060 certified, 3 withdrawn before a decision.
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 Technologies, 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.
- 2 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
- On its filings, Qualcomm Technologies, 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.