Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

73 certified · Median $83,928 a year · Sugar Land, TX

Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources

By year

Fiscal yearCertifiedCertified, then withdrawnWithdrawnDenied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 202643000
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 202530000

Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.

Wages

25th percentile
$78,000
Median
$83,928
75th percentile
$100,000

A year, from 73 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.

Job titles

  • Production EngineerBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $83,3048
  • Computer ProgrammerComputer Programmers · median $87,0596
  • Manufacturing EngineerElectrical Engineers · median $79,9976
  • Process EngineerBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $97,0226
  • BuyerWholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products · median $71,9685
  • Wafer Process EngineerElectrical Engineers · median $86,5544
  • Labview EngineerElectrical Engineers · median $71,9893
  • Cybersecurity SpecialistInformation Security Analysts · median $91,9982
  • Field Application SpecialistBioengineers and Biomedical Engineers · median $112,8472
  • Marketing SpecialistMarket Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists · median $80,1322

Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.

Places

  • Sugar Land, TX68
  • San Jose, CA2
  • Hayward, CA1
  • Duluth, GA1
  • Redmond, WA1

Certified filings by the first worksite.

Filings 73