H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Optical Engineer

Occupation profile for Optical Engineer covers 41 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $151,527.

FY2026 certified median
$151,527
Total filings
41
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$128,118–$165,666
Top employer
KLA Corporation
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY202415$140,875$120,004$165,970
FY202513$131,800$112,021$165,000
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)13$151,527$128,118$165,666

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Optical EngineerFY2024 $140,875; FY2025 $131,800; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $151,527$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$140,875FY2025$131,800FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$151,527Certified median offer, Optical EngineerFY2024 $140,875; FY2025 $131,800; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $151,527$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$140,875FY2025$131,800FY2026*$151,527
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. KLA Corporation12 filings
  2. Meta Platforms, Inc6 filings
  3. Cisco Systems, Inc.3 filings
  4. California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory2 filings
  5. Science Corporation2 filings
  6. AAC TECHNOLOGIES IRVINE, INC.1 filings
  7. Autosystems America Inc.1 filings
  8. Avo Photonics, Inc.1 filings
  9. Basic Solutions Corp.1 filings
  10. Chi3 Optics LLC1 filings

Top cities

  1. Milpitas10 filings
  2. Sunnyvale4 filings
  3. Alameda2 filings
  4. Menlo Park2 filings
  5. Boxborough2 filings
  6. Ann Arbor2 filings
  7. Austin2 filings
  8. Redmond2 filings
  9. Carlsbad1 filings
  10. Cupertino1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. KLA Corporation · Optical Engineer12 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAArea 4194017-2199$105,664$138,237$170,830$203,403
2026-27Ann Arbor, MIArea 1146017-2199$77,501$98,093$118,706$139,298
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446017-2072$103,189$128,440$153,712$178,963
2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446017-2199$92,976$115,107$137,259$159,390
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108017-2199$77,813$101,712$125,590$149,490
2026-27Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDArea 3798017-2199$70,304$89,773$109,262$128,731
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2031$101,005$120,411$139,818$159,224
2026-27San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 4186017-2199$98,051$130,146$162,261$194,355
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2141$77,314$97,885$118,435$139,006
2026-27Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TXArea 1242017-2199$83,200$101,608$120,016$138,424