EMPLOYMENT TYPE MIX · DOL LCA DATA

Cepheid H-1B New Employment

Of Cepheid's 255 certified H-1B filings with a stated employment type (FY2022–2026), 22% are new employment at a median of $120K/year. The rest are extensions, transfers and amendments for workers already sponsored.

22%
New Employment
56
New-Hire Filings
$120K
Median, New Hires
$138K
Median, Renewals

Is Cepheid Hiring New H-1B Workers?

Partly. At 22%, most of Cepheid's H-1B activity maintains its existing workforce, but roughly one filing in 5 is a new hire.

Employment Type Breakdown at Cepheid

New employmentA worker not already on H-1B with this employer, the route in from outside
56 filings · 22%
Continuation / extensionExtending an existing H-1B for someone already on staff
44 filings · 17.3%
Change of employerTaking on a worker who already holds H-1B elsewhere
26 filings · 10.2%
Amended petitionChanging the terms of an existing petition, such as a new work site
56 filings · 22%
Change at same employerA material change to the same worker's existing role
73 filings · 28.6%
Concurrent employmentA second, simultaneous H-1B alongside another employer
0 filings · 0%

Bars are scaled to this employer's largest category, not to 100%. Percentages are of Cepheid's 255 certified filings that state an employment type. A small number of filings tick more than one box, so the shares can total slightly above 100%.

Is That Share Rising or Falling?

FY2022
53.1% of 49
FY2023
5.9% of 17
FY2024
13.3% of 113
FY2025
19.7% of 71
FY2026
0% of 5

New-employment share per fiscal year, each against that year's filings with a stated type. Bars are scaled to this employer's peak year.

What Roles Is Cepheid Hiring Into?

Job titles on Cepheid's new-employment filings specifically, which is what it is actually growing rather than merely maintaining.

RoleNew-Hire FilingsMedian Wage
Manufacturing Engineers15$115K
Industrial Engineers4$129K
Mechanical Engineers3$107K
Regulatory Affairs Specialists3$103K
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects2$128K
Management Analysts2$104K
Mechatronics Engineers2$103K
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers2$128K

Why This Number Matters

Total sponsorship volume is the figure most job boards quote, and on its own it is misleading. An employer filing thousands of petitions a year can be filing almost all of them to extend people it sponsored years ago, which tells an outside applicant very little about their odds.

The new-employment share separates the two. It is the employer's own checkbox on the Labor Condition Application, not an estimate, and it identifies the filings that represent someone entering the company rather than staying in it.

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Counted from US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files (FY2022–2026) for certified petitions filed by Cepheid with annual wages between $30K and $1M, combining 2 legal-name spellings DOL records for this employer. Shares are of the 255 filings that tick at least one employment-type box; the remaining 30.1% of Cepheid's 365 certified filings state no type and are excluded rather than counted as renewals. A certified LCA is a step toward an H-1B petition, not an approved visa.