Silc Technologies — 19 certified H-1B filings (FY2019–FY2026)
- 4
- Filings · FY2025
- $90k
- Median base · FY2025
- Photonics Engineer
- Top role · 3 all-time
- CA
- Top state · 19 all-time
Silc Technologies filed 4 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 300% from the year before), with a median base salary of $90k and the middle 50% of offers between $89k and $105k. That is 14% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 19 certified filings since FY2019, most often for Photonics Engineer in California.
How much does Silc 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. $90k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Silc Technologies's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2019 → 3 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 3 | −25% | $115k |
| FY2025 | 4 | +300% | $90k |
| FY2024 | 1 | −50% | $160k |
| FY2023 | 2 | +100% | $80k |
| FY2022 | 1 | −75% | $130k |
| FY2021 | 4 | +100% | $102k |
| FY2020 | 2 | 0% | $84k |
| FY2019 | 2 | — | $75k |
Which wage levels does Silc Technologies file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 26% of Silc 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 19 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I31.6%6
- Level II42.1%8
- Level III21.1%4
- Level IV5.3%1
What jobs does Silc 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Photonics Engineer | 3 | $91k |
| Hardware Engineer | 2 | $102k |
| Design Verification Engineer | 2 | $80k |
| Principal Systems Engineer | 2 | $130k |
| Embedded Firmware Engineer | 1 | $78k |
| Jr. Validation Engineer | 1 | $89k |
| Mechanical Engineer | 1 | $90k |
| Optical Design and Test Engineer | 1 | $115k |
| Patent Officer and Technology Specialist (17-2199. | 1 | $100k |
| Development Engineer | 1 | $75k |
Where does Silc 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 | 19 | $105k |
What has Silc Technologies filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Silc Technologies: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
| FY | Job title | Base salary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Design Verification Engineer | $120,000 |
| 2026 | Optical Design and Test Engineer | $115,000 |
| 2026 | Embedded Systems Engineer | $105,000 |
| 2025 | Senior Perception Engineer | $130,000 |
| 2025 | Jr. Validation Engineer | $88,566 |
| 2025 | Photonics Engineer | $105,000 |
| 2025 | Mechanical Engineer | $90,000 |
| 2024 | Principal Systems Engineer | $160,000 |
| 2023 | Design Verification Engineer | $80,000 |
| 2023 | Photonics Engineer | $90,626 |
| 2022 | Principal Systems Engineer | $129,896 |
| 2021 | Hardware Engineer | $102,000 |
| 2021 | Senior Hardware Engineer | $129,896 |
| 2021 | Embedded Firmware Engineer | $78,125 |
| 2021 | Hardware Engineer | $105,206 |
| 2020 | Photonics Engineer | $84,448 |
| 2020 | Patent Officer and Technology Specialist (17-2199. | $100,402 |
| 2019 | Principle Photonics Design Engineer | $140,000 |
| 2019 | Development Engineer | $75,109 |
Common questions about Silc Technologies's H-1B filings
- How much does Silc Technologies pay H-1B workers?
- Silc Technologies's median certified H-1B base salary is $90k (FY2025), from 4 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Silc Technologies sponsor?
- Silc Technologies has 19 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2019–FY2026).
- What jobs does Silc Technologies sponsor for H-1B?
- Silc Technologies's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Photonics Engineer, Hardware Engineer, Design Verification Engineer, Principal Systems Engineer.
- Where does Silc Technologies hire H-1B workers?
- Silc Technologies's top H-1B worksite states are CA.
- 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 (FY2019–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →