Cepton Technologies — 59 certified H-1B filings (FY2017–FY2025)
- 8
- Filings · FY2025
- $150k
- Median base · FY2025
- Mechanical Engineer
- Top role · 7 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 58 all-time
Cepton Technologies filed 8 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 100% from the year before), with a median base salary of $150k and the middle 50% of offers between $83k and $200k. That is 48% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 59 certified filings since FY2017, most often for Mechanical Engineer in California.
How much does Cepton Technologies pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $150k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Cepton Technologies's H-1B hiring changed by year?
1 certified filings in FY2017 → 8 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8 | +100% | $150k |
| FY2024 | 4 | −56% | $161k |
| FY2023 | 9 | −36% | $140k |
| FY2022 | 14 | 0% | $130k |
| FY2021 | 14 | +1300% | $125k |
| FY2020 | 1 | −83% | $125k |
| FY2019 | 6 | +200% | $101k |
| FY2018 | 2 | +100% | $122k |
| FY2017 | 1 | — | $70k |
Which wage levels does Cepton Technologies file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 44% of Cepton Technologies's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 59 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I22.0%13
- Level II33.9%20
- Level III23.7%14
- Level IV20.3%12
What jobs does Cepton Technologies sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineer | 7 | $120k |
| Validation and Reliability Engineer | 7 | $140k |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $135k |
| Communications Specialist | 4 | $83k |
| System Software Engineer | 4 | $155k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 4 | $200k |
| Electrical Engineer | 3 | $135k |
| Staff Optical Engineer | 2 | $195k |
| ASIC Design Engineer | 2 | $140k |
| Senior Research Scientist | 2 | $180k |
Where does Cepton Technologies hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| CA | 58 | $135k |
| MI | 1 | $100k |
What has Cepton Technologies filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 59 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Cepton Technologies's H-1B filings
- How much does Cepton Technologies pay H-1B workers?
- Cepton Technologies's median certified H-1B base salary is $150k (FY2025), from 8 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Cepton Technologies sponsor?
- Cepton Technologies has 59 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2017–FY2025).
- What jobs does Cepton Technologies sponsor for H-1B?
- Cepton Technologies's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Mechanical Engineer, Validation and Reliability Engineer, Software Engineer, Communications Specialist.
- Where does Cepton Technologies hire H-1B workers?
- Cepton Technologies's top H-1B worksite states are CA, MI.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2017–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →