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Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
OSHA: no recordInjuries: no recordLabor: no recordImmigration: 231 LCAContracts: not listed
Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. is an employer in San Diego, California in Computer and electronic product manufacturing. Federal records hold 231 labor condition applications and 3 PERM applications.
It filed 231 labor condition applications with OFLC across fiscal years 2025–2026, covering 8,151 worker positions. The median offered wage is $151,091 a year against a median prevailing wage of $151,091, in line with the median across all employers for its most common occupation ($138,494). The most common prevailing wage level is Level II (15% of filings).
OFLC records 3 PERM labor certification applications from the employer with a median offered wage of $133,470; the employer reported 550 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.
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names this employer in California in the data since fiscal year 2005.
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 1%Level II 15%Level III 13%Level IV 11%Not stated 59%
| Measure | This employer | SOC 15-1252 | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median offered wage | $151,091 | $138,494 | $156,853 | $122,221 |
| Offered wage, 25th–75th percentile | $132,183–$178,006 | $112,923–$170,239 | — | — |
| Share at Level I or II | 16% | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 26 | $132,183 |
| Staff Software Engineer | 20 | $160,800 |
| Staff Systems Engineer | 15 | $178,006 |
| Staff Systems Test Engineer | 13 | $145,463 |
| Software Engineer | 13 | $132,183 |
| Senior ASICS Engineer | 12 | $151,091 |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer | 11 | $196,409 |
| Senior Systems Test Engineer | 10 | $124,840 |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 9 | $139,495 |
| Senior Staff Software Applications Engineer | 8 | $181,734 |
| Staff ASICS Engineer | 8 | $178,006 |
| ASICS Engineer | 7 | $128,412 |
Occupations (SOC)
| Occupation | Filings | SOC median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 124 | $138,494 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 101 | $151,091 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | 4 | $183,000 |
| Data Scientists | 1 | $123,741 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 1 | $200,006 |
Worksite states
California 223 · Texas 4 · New Jersey 2 · North Carolina 1 · Colorado 1
Visa classes: H-1B 230, E-3 Australian 1. 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 Embedded Software Development Engineer | 1 |
| Program Manager | 1 |
| Software Operations Engineer | 1 |
PERM occupations
| Occupation | Applications |
|---|---|
| Software Developers | 2 |
| Project Management Specialists | 1 |
Contracts USAspending.gov
USAspending recipient totals are federal contract obligations reported by awarding agencies for the latest twelve months; a recipient profile is a company-level record, not a per-state one. Retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.?
No OSHA inspection of Qualcomm Atheros, 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 Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.?
No concluded Wage and Hour Division compliance action names Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. in California in the data since fiscal year 2005.
Does Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. sponsor H-1B workers, and at what wages?
It filed 231 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026; 231 were certified. The median offered wage is $151,091 a year; the most common job title is Senior Software Engineer.
Does Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. sponsor green cards (PERM)?
OFLC records 3 PERM applications in fiscal years 2024–2026, 3 of them certified.
Does Qualcomm Atheros, 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 Qualcomm Atheros, 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?
Records are matched by normalised name and state. Subsidiaries, franchisees and other states' entities have their own records. See the methodology for how matching works.
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.