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Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

Employer · Texas, United States

Employer address
Texas, United States
Applications on record
234
FY2025 applications
30
FY2026 to 30 June
43
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$83,928
Most common occupation
Electrical Engineers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. appears in 234 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 30.

Applications by fiscal year — Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

2243FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
2243FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200810
FY20098
FY20104
FY20114
FY20124
FY20132
FY201410
FY201511
FY20169
FY201710
FY201814
FY201919
FY202015
FY202113
FY202210
FY20237
FY202411
FY202530
FY2026*43
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*430
FY2025300
FY202492
FY202352
FY202273
FY2021112
FY2020141
FY2019190
FY2018104
FY201791
FY201663
FY2015110
FY201482
FY201320
FY201240
FY201131
FY201022
FY200980
FY2008100

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
TX227
CA4
GA2
WA1
Worksite states
  1. Texas227
  2. California4
  3. Georgia2
  4. Washington1
Worksite cities
  1. Sugar Land, TX226
  2. Duluth, GA2
  3. San Jose, CA2
  4. Redmond, WA1
  5. Hayward, CA1
  6. Sunnyvale, CA1
  7. Austin, TX1

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Electrical Engineers70
  2. Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers26
  3. Mechanical Engineers19
  4. Materials Engineers12
  5. Computer Programmers11
  6. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer9
  7. Business Operations Specialists, All Other8
  8. Physicists6
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. R&D Engineer33
  2. Manufacturing Engineer16
  3. Process Engineer14
  4. Production Engineer11
  5. Computer Programmer10
  6. Product Management Engineer8
  7. Buyer6
  8. Wafer Process Engineer6

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $83,928; middle half $75,062 to $98,750 · median prevailing wage $82,888 (marker) · 82 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I31
  2. Level II26
  3. Level III19
  4. Level IV6

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

611FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022
611FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2022
Data table
FY20095
FY20102
FY20113
FY20122
FY20133
FY20147
FY20158
FY20165
FY20174
FY201810
FY201911
FY20207
FY202110
FY20226
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20221050
FY20214060
FY20204030
FY20196050
FY20183070
FY20171030
FY20163020
FY20154040
FY20144030
FY20132010
FY20122000
FY20112010
FY20101010
FY20094010

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Law Offices of Mao-Sen Yieh146
  2. Law Offices of MaoSen Yieh9

Among employers in Texas

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. has 234 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #686 of 15,820 sponsoring employers in Texas and #5,878 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.02% of the applications filed by employers based in Texas.

Rank in Texas
686 of 15,820
Rank in the United States
5,878 of 168,030
Share of Texas's applications
0.02%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 334) in Texas
236
Largest sponsoring employers in Texas
  1. Infosys Limited249,552
  2. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp158,582
  3. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.53,212
  4. Tesla, Inc.17,540
  5. Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation16,060
  6. KPMG LLP12,376
  7. Oracle America, Inc.10,036
  8. Ericsson Inc.8,088
  9. Dallas Independent School District6,275
  10. AT&T Services, Inc.6,264