Engineering and technical

Photonics Engineers: who sponsors, and what they pay

Every certified Labor Condition Application for this occupation in the period covered, with the wage each employer told the Department of Labor it would pay.

Certified LCAs
254
H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3
Median wage offered
$155,150
per year
Middle half earn
$129K to $175K
25th to 75th percentile
Employers filing
87

Employers filing for Photonics Engineers

EmployerLCAsMedian wage
Apple Inc.
Cupertino
53$158,621
Asml US, LP
Chandler
32$129,459
KLA Corporation
Milpitas
13$171,585
Meta Platforms, Inc
Menlo Park
12$215,516
PsiQuantum Corp.
Palo Alto
8$158,621
Coherent Corp.
Saxonburg
7$137,500
Corning Research & Development Corporation
Corning
7$120,786
Nokia of America Corporation
Murray Hill
6$141,521
Ayar Labs, Inc.
San Jose
6$179,265
Asml US, LLC
Chandler
6$110,146
Lightmatter, Inc.
Mountain View
6$176,675
Bytedance Inc.
San Jose
4$225,000
Applied Materials, Inc
Santa Clara
3$201,100
HyperLight Corporation
Cambridge
3$165,300
Keysight Technologies, Inc.
Santa Rosa
2$187,762
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Source: US Department of Labor (OFLC) and US Citizenship and Immigration Services · OFLC disclosure data (Labor Condition Applications, PERM) and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 5 Oct 2026