Shockwave Medical

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 24 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing
  • Main U.S. filing address: New Brunswick, NJ
Median base salary$144,500+18% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$129.2k–$169.3k
Level I (entry-level) share44%all employers: 19%
Median prevailing wage$128,819the required minimum for these jobs and places

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10th $116.2k25th $129.2kmedian $144.5k75th $169.3k90th $180k

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Percentiles from Shockwave Medical's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 7
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III too few 4
Expert · Level IV too few 5

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Shockwave Medical files

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

Show all 1 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
San Jose, CA$145,00023

Salary details

Median salary$144,500
Middle 50%$129.2k–$169.3k
vs. all employers+18%comparison median $122,699
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $102,300 and $252,874.
PercentileSalary
10th$116,180
25th$129,185
50th (median)$144,500
75th$169,250
90th$180,000

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $155k $190k FY2024: median $175,000 (19 filings) FY2025: median $135,356 (13 filings) FY2026: median $145,000 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1 filings FY20 FY2021: 1 filings FY21 FY2022: 2 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 19 filings FY24 FY2025: 13 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 19
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––1
FY2021–––1
FY2022–––2
FY2023–––7
FY2024$175,000$132,000$225,00019
FY2025$135,356$126,740$170,00013
FY2026$145,000$135,000$162,00011

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$144,500
Median prevailing wage$128,819
Median difference+11.1%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage4%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

About Shockwave Medical

Shockwave Medical's filings list its industry as Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing (Manufacturing sector, NAICS 3391). Its main U.S. filing address is in New Brunswick, NJ and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Biomedical Engineer, Industrial Engineer and Systems Engineer / Architect and the main metro areas are San Jose, CA and San Francisco, CA. The most common wage level in those years is Level I (entry-level).

Questions

Does Shockwave Medical sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Shockwave Medical filed 24 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Shockwave Medical pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Shockwave Medical's H-1B filings is $144,500; half of filings fall between $129,185 and $169,250. Bonus and stock are not included.