Qcells H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Irvine, CA HQ📍 Dalton, GA most H-1B filings🌐 qcells.com
Does Qcells sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Qcells has filed 275 H-1B LCAs and 71 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Qcells filed 139 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $69,300, about 43% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 50 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 49 | $68k |
| FY2025 | 90 | $70k |
| FY2024 | 53 | $120k |
| FY2023 | 27 | $120k |
| FY2022 | 30 | $129k |
| FY2021 | 10 | $113k |
| FY2020 | 6 | $55k |
| FY2019 | 6 | $136k |
| FY2018 | 3 | $135k |
| FY2017 | 1 | $140k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 25 | $61k |
| FY2025 | 25 | $68k |
| FY2024 | 4 | $71k |
| FY2023 | 5 | $55k |
| FY2022 | 3 | $82k |
| FY2021 | 4 | $126k |
| FY2020 | 2 | $179k |
| FY2019 | 1 | $57k |
| FY2018 | 2 | $129k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
Qcells’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 94% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Qcells pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Engineers | Dalton, GA | 22 | $66,018 | $90,136 | 73% |
| Logisticians | Dalton, GA | 18 | $55,711 | $64,559 | 86% |
| Materials Engineers | Atlanta, GA | 13 | $63,431 | $98,570 | 64% |
| Software Developers | San Francisco, CA | 11 | $162,151 | $157,042 | 103% |
| Industrial Engineers | Atlanta, GA | 10 | $79,599 | $99,880 | 80% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Atlanta, GA | 9 | $69,444 | $98,880 | 70% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Dalton, GA | 9 | $62,905 | $83,480 | 75% |
| Operations Research Analysts | Atlanta, GA | 7 | $62,786 | $74,880 | 84% |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | Dalton, GA | 5 | $51,201 | $81,148 | 63% |
| Accountants and Auditors | Atlanta, GA | 5 | $67,200 | $82,340 | 82% |
About Qcells
Qcells is an industrial manufacturing company based in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany. It was founded in 2012. It is listed on Nasdaq as HQCL.
- Legal name
- Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd.
- Listed
- Private
- Incorporated in
- F4
- Headquarters
- 888 Linyang Road, Qidong, Jiangsu Province, F4, 226200
- Industry (SIC)
- Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)
- Founded
- 2012
- H-1B filings
- 275
- Median base
- $78,000
- Website
- qcells.com
Spends 1% of revenue on R&D, against a 19% median across the 65 Semiconductors & Related Devices filers we hold SEC data for.
Qcells pays a median H-1B base of $78,000 across FY2017–2026, about 20% below the typical Industrial manufacturing sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Qcells | 275 | 139 | $69k | 87 | 18% |
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