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Cepheid

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
922
FY2025 applications
163
FY2026 to 30 June
65
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Median offered wage
$139,225
Most common occupation
Industrial Engineers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.8%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Cepheid appears in 922 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 163.

Applications by fiscal year — Cepheid

82163FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
82163FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20087
FY20093
FY20102
FY20115
FY20128
FY20134
FY20147
FY201515
FY20169
FY201720
FY201833
FY201931
FY202058
FY2021133
FY2022151
FY202392
FY2024116
FY2025163
FY2026*65
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*3035
FY20259370
FY202410511
FY2023866
FY20221447
FY20211258
FY2020544
FY2019292
FY2018267
FY2017173
FY201681
FY2015150
FY201443
FY201331
FY201280
FY201150
FY201020
FY200930
FY200852
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Cepheid: applications by worksite state

1+2+3+4+6+
1+2+3+4+6+
Data table
StateApplications
CA844
WA26
TX12
IL6
NJ4
FL4
PA4
VA3
GA3
MD3
AZ2
NC2
MA2
OR2
WI1
Worksite states
  1. California844
  2. Washington26
  3. Texas12
  4. Illinois6
  5. New Jersey4
  6. Florida4
  7. Pennsylvania4
  8. Virginia3
  9. Georgia3
  10. Maryland3
Worksite cities
  1. Sunnyvale, CA575
  2. Lodi, CA176
  3. Santa Clara, CA55
  4. Bothell, WA26
  5. Newark, CA16
  6. Fremont, CA8
  7. Ashburn, VA3
  8. Irvine, CA3
  9. Duluth, GA3
  10. San Jose, CA3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Industrial Engineers184
  2. Software Developers134
  3. Engineers, All Other76
  4. Computer Occupations, All Other68
  5. Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers63
  6. Mechanical Engineers55
  7. Computer Systems Analysts38
  8. Operations Research Analysts33
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Senior Process Engineer27
  2. Process Engineer24
  3. Senior Quality Operations Engineer15
  4. Senior Software Engineer10
  5. Senior Scientist I10
  6. Senior SAP Solutions Architect8
  7. Software Quality Engineer8
  8. Senior Supplier Quality Engineer8

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $139,225; middle half $124,776 to $154,723 · median prevailing wage $118,394 (marker) · 224 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I11
  2. Level II59
  3. Level III42
  4. Level IV61
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India44
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

60120FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
60120FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY20093
FY20102
FY20112
FY20126
FY20132
FY20144
FY201510
FY201610
FY20173
FY201813
FY201916
FY202043
FY2021108
FY2022120
FY202320
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202300200
FY2022400802
FY2021190890
FY202090341
FY201960100
FY20186070
FY20170030
FY20161090
FY20152080
FY20141030
FY20130020
FY20123030
FY20112000
FY20100020
FY20091020
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Seyfarth Shaw LLP783
  2. Vialto Law (US) LLP24
  3. Jackson & Hertogs LLP4
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in California

Cepheid has 922 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #247 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #1,428 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.04% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
247 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
1,428 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.04%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 334) in California
1,421
Largest sponsoring employers in California
  1. Google LLC100,642
  2. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  3. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  4. Intel Corporation61,185
  5. Apple Inc.60,673
  6. Google Inc.34,245
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.26,767
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.25,216
  9. UST Global Inc.25,160
  10. Linkedin Corporation17,398
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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