Celestial AI Inc.

Staff Engineer, Photonics

Certified · decided Jan 14, 2026 · H-1B

This is a Labor Condition Application (LCA) as an employer filed it with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted it, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. The wage is what the employer wrote on it. Data sources

Wage offered
$235,000 a year
Prevailing wage
$187,762 a year, level IV
Worksite
Santa Clara, CA · Santa Clara County
Occupation
Photonics Engineers 17-2199
Full time
Yes
Positions
1
Kind
Change of employer
Employment
Feb 9, 2026 to Feb 8, 2029
Received
Jan 7, 2026
Employer
Celestial AI Inc.
Employer’s address
Santa Clara, CA
FEIN
85-0719014
Industry (NAICS)
5417
H-1B dependent
No
Willful violator
No
Case number
I-200-26007-542755

From LCA_Disclosure_Data_FY2026_Q3.xlsx, row 94,612 (FY2026), published by the US Department of Labor on its Performance Data page.