H-1B sponsorship profile: Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc filed 45 Labor Condition Applications covering 45 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 100% (45 certified of 45 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on Applied Optoelectronics, Inc’s H-1B petitions range from $54,371 at the low end to $250,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $86,556. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Manufacturing Engineer (7 petitions at $77,450 avg), followed by Buyer and Wafer Process Engineer. H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc is headquartered in Sugar Land, TX under NAICS code 334413, and places H-1B workers across 3 states, most heavily in TX, CA, GA. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where Applied Optoelectronics, Inc ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc is #5,149 of 119,880 employers nationally and #731 of 12,542 employers headquartered in TX. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.