SOC 17-2199.07
Photonics Engineers — H-1B offered wages
Wages employers attested they would pay on certified Labor Condition Applications filed under SOC 17-2199.07.
- 25th percentile
- $145,564
- Median
- $149,951
- 75th percentile
- $159,331
- Employers
- 29
Offered wage, per year
Derived from $5,000 bands, not stored
179 disclosed positions
Offered wage, per year
Distinct sponsors behind the distribution
Top 29 sponsors of this occupation were read
Wage distribution
Each band is $5,000 wide.
25th $145,564 · median $149,951 · 75th $159,331 · 179 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
Prevailing wage level
Level I is entry, IV is fully competent. The level sets the wage floor the employer had to meet.
Level I
7
6%
Level II
26
23%
Level III
48
42%
Level IV
24
21%
Not stated
8
7%
By employer
Each median is derived from that employer's own wage bands for this occupation — never an average of medians.
| Employer | Headquarters | Median | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino, CA | $152,500 | 115 |
| ASML US, LP | Chandler, AZ | $132,500 | 14 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | Menlo Park, CA | $213,333 | 10 |
| BYTEDANCE INC. | San Jose, CA | $242,500 | 3 |
| Corning Research & Development Corporation | Corning, NY | $147,500 | 3 |
| Nokia of America Corporation | Murray Hill, NJ | $138,750 | 3 |
| KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | SANTA ROSA, CA | $187,500 | 2 |
| CZ Biohub SF, LLC | San Francisco, CA | $167,500 | 2 |
| California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Pasadena, CA | $125,000 | 2 |
| Charter Communications Inc. | St. Louis, MO | $122,500 | 2 |
| ASML US, LLC | Chandler, AZ | $115,000 | 2 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $72,500 | 2 |
| University of Colorado | Boulder, CO | $72,500 | 2 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $65,000 | 2 |
| Magic Leap, Inc. | Plantation, FL | $252,500 | 1 |
By metro
Metros with at least 15 disclosed positions across 3 or more employers.
31 further metros are present in the data but below the reporting floor, so no range is published for them.
Percentiles are interpolated inside $5,000 bands summed across the 29 largest sponsors of this occupation, which is what the precomputed ranking holds — so they describe those sponsors, not the whole labour market. A page is only published when at least 25 disclosed positions across 3 employers stand behind it. Wages are what the employer attested at filing time, before the job started.