CEPHEID
H-1B pay data: 272 certified positions, FY2023–FY2026.
Salaries by job title
| Job title | Filings | Median salary | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Process Engineer | 15 | $136,620 | $117,279 – $152,093 |
| Senior Scientist I | 9 | $130,050 | $123,840 – $139,801 |
| Senior Quality Operations Engineer | 7 | $133,673 | $129,142 – $140,585 |
| Process Engineer | 6 | $111,650 | $109,154 – $115,738 |
| MFG Automation Engineer | 5 | $111,701 | $102,900 – $116,483 |
| Sr. Automation Development Engineer | 4 | $128,495 | $127,434 – $133,611 |
| Senior SAP Solutions Architect PP | 4 | $156,056 | $151,817 – $169,317 |
| Software Quality Engineer | 4 | $117,782 | $113,673 – $119,563 |
| Director – Commercial IT Systems | 3 | $225,100 | $210,235 – $225,100 |
| Failure Investigation Engineer | 3 | $107,702 | $101,540 – $110,718 |
| Sr. Automation Controls Engineer | 3 | $148,625 | $147,651 – $153,121 |
| Senior Component Engineer | 3 | $143,222 | $132,644 – $144,940 |
| Senior Failure Investigation Scientist | 3 | $122,607 | $120,701 – $122,607 |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer | 3 | $120,042 | $116,008 – $126,154 |
| Senior Quality Assurance Engineer | 3 | $134,290 | $125,215 – $142,715 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $158,516 | $148,617 – $163,954 |
| Senior Software Quality Engineer | 3 | $127,920 | $126,486 – $136,838 |
| Sr. Supplier Development Engineer | 3 | $145,707 | $140,245 – $147,297 |
| Senior Systems Quality Compliance Engineer | 3 | $148,625 | $145,725 – $150,408 |
| Assistant Manager Process Engineering | 2 | $130,044 | $128,255 – $131,834 |
| Business Systems Manager | 2 | $196,167 | $196,167 – $196,167 |
| Complaint Analyst II, Post Market Quality | 2 | $107,457 | $103,999 – $110,915 |
| Data Analyst | 2 | $120,198 | $117,483 – $122,912 |
| Data Scientist | 2 | $124,141 | $122,581 – $125,701 |
| Embedded Software Engineer III | 2 | $142,798 | $140,537 – $145,059 |
Showing the top 25 of 150 job titles.
Typical range = 10th to 90th percentile of offered salaries.
Sponsorship score: 74 / 100 — Steady sponsor
How consistently this employer sponsors foreign workers, from public DOL filings. Score = volume (40) + trend (20) + denial rate (20) + consistency (10) + H-1B-to-PERM conversion (10). Full formula →
Components: volume 21 · trend 14 · denial 20 · consistency 10 · conversion 9. FY24 → FY25 filings rising (+42%); FY26 is partial and not scored. Counts are filings, not people. Scores describe filing history only — they are not a prediction about any individual case.
Quarterly median pay 2022-Q4 → 2026-Q2 · ▲ 1.3%
Wage-level mix DOL prevailing-wage levels on these filings
Pay by role
Pay by state
| State | Positions | Median |
|---|---|---|
| California | 235 | $138,362 |
| Texas | 7 | $150,000 |
| Washington | 7 | $120,000 |
| Georgia | 3 | $156,056 |
| Virginia | 3 | $140,898 |
| Illinois | 2 | $174,480 |
| North Carolina | 2 | $118,574 |
| New Jersey | 2 | $152,296 |
| Maryland | 2 | $121,868 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | $131,175 |
| Florida | 2 | $174,039 |
| Arizona | 2 | $199,915 |
| Nevada | 1 | $130,000 |
| South Carolina | 1 | $92,000 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $89,739 |
All filings
CEPHEID has 272 certified H-1B filings (FY2023–FY2026). The table below lists every case — job title, base salary, location, submit date and start date. Case data loads on demand, only when you open this section.