Hgst, Inc.
Employer · California, United States
- Employer address
- California, United States
- Applications on record
- 709
- FY2025 applications
- 0
- FY2026 to 30 June
- 0
- Programmes
- LCA · PERM
- Median offered wage
- $115,000
- Most common occupation
- Software Developers
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Applications year by year
Hgst, Inc. appears in 709 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June).
Applications by fiscal year — Hgst, Inc.
Data table
| FY2012 | 4 |
| FY2013 | 72 |
| FY2014 | 101 |
| FY2015 | 83 |
| FY2016 | 80 |
| FY2017 | 56 |
| FY2018 | 95 |
| FY2019 | 97 |
| FY2020 | 113 |
| FY2021 | 8 |
| FY2022 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 0 |
| FY2026* | 0 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 8 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 113 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 97 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 95 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 56 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 80 | 0 |
| FY2015 | 83 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 100 | 1 |
| FY2013 | 72 | 0 |
| FY2012 | 4 | 0 |
Where the jobs are
Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).
Hgst, Inc.: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 638 |
| MN | 27 |
| CO | 20 |
| MA | 12 |
| TX | 8 |
| WA | 1 |
| OR | 1 |
| OH | 1 |
| NY | 1 |
- San Jose, CA376
- Milpitas, CA111
- Irvine, CA41
- Santa Ana, CA37
- Newark, CA29
- Rochester, MN27
- San Diego, CA24
- Lincoln, MA12
- Colorado Springs, CO11
- Austin, TX8
What they hire for and pay
Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.
- Hardware Development Engineer - Principal20
- Senior Hardware Development Engineer19
- Principal Engineer, R&D Engineering18
- Senior Development Engineer16
- Principal Engineer, Asic Development Engineering15
- Staff Engineer, Asic Development Engineering14
- Principal Research Engineer13
- Staff Engineer, Firmware Engineering13
Offered annual wage, all years, 10th to 90th percentile
Median $115,000; middle half $92,000 to $133,200 · median prevailing wage $106,579 (marker) · 657 applications.
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)
Data table
| FY2013 | 73 |
| FY2014 | 75 |
| FY2015 | 53 |
| FY2016 | 48 |
| FY2017 | 41 |
| FY2018 | 77 |
| FY2019 | 53 |
| FY2020 | 61 |
| FY2021 | 15 |
| Fiscal year | Initial approvals | Initial denials | Continuing approvals | Continuing denials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 14 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| FY2019 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 12 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
| FY2017 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| FY2016 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| FY2015 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| FY2014 | 27 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| FY2013 | 45 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
Law firms on the filings
Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).
Among employers in California
Hgst, Inc. has 709 work visa applications on record (FY2012–FY2026), ranking #330 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #1,978 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.03% of the applications filed by employers based in California.
- Rank in California
- 330 of 30,712
- Rank in the United States
- 1,978 of 168,030
- Share of California's applications
- 0.03%
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- 1,421
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