CEPHEID

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2017–2024

#576 top sponsor

Overview

CEPHEID is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 127 PERM green-card applications between FY2017 and FY2024. That places it #576 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 94 were certified (74% approval rate), taking about 413 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Manufacturing Engineers, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $143,874.

127

PERM filings

74%

approval

0

denied

$143,874

median wage

413d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 36 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (92%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India33
  • China2
  • Pakistan1

Prior visa status

  • H-1B35
  • F-11

Education

  • Master's25
  • Bachelor's8
  • Doctorate2
  • None1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations CEPHEID most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Manufacturing Engineers 28 $131,053
Validation Engineers 11 $127,265
Industrial Engineers 10 $136,227
Software Developers 9 $163,606
Computer Systems Analysts 8 $172,716
Mechanical Engineers 7 $153,919
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 6 $151,881
Software Developers, Applications 5 $170,872
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 5 $117,238
Software Developers, Systems Software 4 $161,380

Common job titles

Senior Process Engineer 10 Process Engineer 6 Embedded Software Engineer 3 Process Engineer II 3 Senior Supplier Quality Engineer 3 Sr. Consumables Design Engineer 2 Senior Equipment Validation Engineer 2 Product Manager 2 Business Solutions Architect 2 Sr. Software Quality Engineer 2 Quality Systems Specialist III 2 Senior Supplier Development Engineer 2

Worksite states

Wage range

$128,600

25th

$143,874

median

$164,299

75th

$177,160

90th

Law firms used

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP125
  • Seyfarth Shaw, LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-24184-169538 Supply PlannerCertified Lodi, CA Nov 6, 2025
G-100-24181-162202 GMDP Associate, DirectorCertified Sunnyvale, CA Sep 10, 2025
G-100-24159-087594 Senior Process EngineerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Sep 5, 2025
G-100-24124-957065 Senior Project EngineerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Aug 14, 2025
G-100-24128-963475 Senior Quality Systems SpecialistCertified Bothell, WA Aug 14, 2025
G-100-24128-966982 Process EngineerCertified Lodi, CA Aug 14, 2025
G-100-24138-006403 Process Engineer IICertified Sunnyvale, CA Aug 14, 2025
G-100-24149-042624 Lead/Senior Consumables EngineerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Aug 14, 2025
G-100-24150-049038 Process EngineerCertified Lodi, CA Aug 14, 2025
G-100-24114-918678 Software Quality EngineerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Jul 24, 2025
G-100-24094-854344 Senior Process EngineerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Jul 23, 2025
G-100-24104-884862 Manager, Systems Integration EngineeringCertified Sunnyvale, CA Jul 23, 2025
G-100-24107-892096 Quality Systems Specialist IIICertified Sunnyvale, CA Jul 23, 2025
G-100-24115-921591 Product ManagerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Jul 22, 2025
G-100-24093-848855 Data ScientistCertified Santa Clara, CA Jul 21, 2025
G-100-24087-833679 Manager, Consumables EngineeringCertified Sunnyvale, CA Jul 8, 2025
G-100-24075-805713 Automation Development EngineerCertified Lodi, CA Jul 3, 2025
G-100-24074-797903 Supply Planner IIICertified Sunnyvale, CA Jul 2, 2025
G-100-24061-761609 Mechanical Engineer IIICertified Sunnyvale, CA Jun 11, 2025
G-100-24055-745942 Regulatory Affairs Specialist IICertified Santa Clara, CA Jun 11, 2025

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.