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Natera, Inc.
OSHA: no recordInjuries: no recordLabor: 1 caseImmigration: 138 LCAContracts: not listed
Across the sources on this site, Natera, Inc. (San Carlos, California) appears in 1 concluded Wage and Hour Division case, 138 labor condition applications and 46 PERM applications.
The Wage and Hour Division concluded 1 compliance action involving Natera, Inc., recording $28,544 in back wages agreed to pay for 19 employees, under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It filed 138 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 138 worker positions. The median offered wage is $132,267 a year against a median prevailing wage of $120,006, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level III (33% of filings).
OFLC records 46 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $142,632; the employer reported 2,547 employees on payroll.
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
No OSHA inspection of this employer in California appears in the enforcement data since 2016. Inspections are recorded at the establishment; sites in other states are listed under those states.
Injuries OSHA Injury Tracking Application, Form 300A
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers (cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked). Calendar years 2023–2025.
No Form 300A summary for this employer in California is in the Injury Tracking Application data for 2023, 2024, 2025. Only establishments in covered industries with 20 or more employees (100 or more in some industries) must submit.
Labor Wage and Hour Division
The Wage and Hour Division publishes concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay and civil money penalties assessed, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Back wages by year of case conclusion
Compared with state and nation
| Measure | This employer | NAICS 541 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back wages per case | $29K | $27K | $15K | $13K |
| Employees per case | 19.0 | — | 10.8 | 13.1 |
| Back wages per employee found due | $1,502 | — | $1,389 | $993 |
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 20 | $28,544 |
Cases
| Findings period | Violations | Back wages agreed | Employees | Penalties | Acts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Aug 2010 – 3 Aug 2012 | 20 | $28,544 | 19 | — | Fair Labor Standards Act | Concluded |
Every case in the WHD file is concluded; the file does not record whether back wages were subsequently paid. Case IDs: 1663241.
Immigration Office of Foreign Labor Certification
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Wage levels I–IV are as the employer stated on the application. LCA data through 30 Jun 2026; PERM through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B labor condition applications
Applications by fiscal year
Prevailing wage levels
Level I 5%Level II 31%Level III 33%Level IV 26%Not stated 5%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $132,267 | $138,494 | $156,853 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $108,784–$157,373 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 36% | 53% | 42% | 56% |
Wages annualised from the rate and unit on the application (hourly × 2,080). Medians use up to 400 sampled applications per employer. The occupation column is the employer's most common SOC code, Software Developers, across all employers.
Top job titles
| Job title | Filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Software Engineer | 8 | $159,578 |
| Senior Biostatistician | 5 | $114,899 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 5 | $134,347 |
| Senior Data Science Production Engineer | 4 | $116,810 |
| Senior Business Systems Analyst | 3 | $133,952 |
| Senior Data Scientist | 3 | $137,218 |
| Senior Data Engineer | 3 | $151,070 |
| Scientist R&D | 3 | $112,258 |
| Lead Bioinformatician | 3 | $166,400 |
| Site Reliability Engineer 3 | 3 | $119,475 |
| Senior Clinical Data Manager | 2 | — |
| Senior Software Engineer in Test | 2 | — |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 36 | $138,494 |
| Data Scientists | 17 | $123,741 |
| Statisticians | 16 | $127,075 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | 16 | $82,100 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 10 | $104,728 |
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | 10 | $68,120 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 6 | $114,808 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 5 | $200,006 |
Worksite states
California 65 · Texas 39 · Illinois 5 · New Jersey 4 · North Carolina 4 · New York 3 · Washington 2 · Colorado 2
Visa classes: H-1B 138. Applications are attributed to the employer's state on the form (California); worksites may be elsewhere.
PERM labor certification (green card sponsorship)
Top PERM job titles
| Job title | Applications |
|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 4 |
| Sr. Developer, Enterprise Integrations | 2 |
| Software Support Engineer 3 | 2 |
| Software Quality Engineer 3 | 2 |
| DevOps Engineer III | 2 |
| Lead Software Engineer | 2 |
| Lead Software Architect | 2 |
| Senior Data Scientist | 2 |
| Sr. Clinical Data Manager | 2 |
| Senior Regional Manager | 1 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
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Not among the top 3,903 federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending for the latest twelve months. Smaller awards can be searched on USAspending.gov.
Questions and answers
Has OSHA inspected Natera, Inc.?
No OSHA inspection of Natera, Inc. in California appears in the enforcement data since 2016.
Were there penalties, and are they final?
No OSHA record, so no penalties to report.
Did the Labor Department find back wages due from Natera, Inc.?
The Wage and Hour Division's concluded cases record $28,544 in back wages agreed to pay across 1 case, for 19 employees.
Does Natera, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 138 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 138 were certified. The median offered wage is $132,267 a year; the most common job title is Staff Software Engineer.
Does Natera, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 46 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 46 of them certified.
Does Natera, Inc. hold federal contracts?
It is not among the top federal contract recipients loaded from USAspending; smaller awards are not covered on this site.
Have there been union elections at Natera, Inc.?
NLRB election results are not loaded on this site at present, so this page cannot say either way. The NLRB publishes recent election results and a case search on nlrb.gov.
Is this the same company as the one I am looking for?
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Provenance
OSHA inspections and violations: US Department of Labor enforcement data, data.dol.gov, through 14 Sep 2026, inspections opened since 2016. Injury summaries: OSHA Injury Tracking Application Form 300A data, calendar years 2023, 2024, 2025. Wage and Hour compliance actions: data.dol.gov, concluded cases through 15 Jun 2026. LCA and PERM: OFLC disclosure files, fiscal years 2025–2026 through 30 Jun 2026. Federal contracts: USAspending recipient API, latest twelve months at 1 Oct 2026. NLRB election results are not loaded in this build. US government works, public domain; USAspending data is released under CC0. Page built 1 Oct 2026; errors in processing are corrected at the next build (corrections). Disputes about a record go to the agency that holds it.