Lightmatter, Inc. H-1B wage filings
Mountain View, CA. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Lightmatter, Inc. filed 30 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $176,675, 14.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Staff Physical Design Engineer (3 filings, median $188,760).
- Filings
- 30
- Positions covered
- 30
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 24
- Worksite cities
- 3
- Filings since FY2020
- 73
- Median offer change since FY2023
- +3%
Offered wage since 2020
Lightmatter, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 3%, from $178,500 in fiscal 2023 to $183,056 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 14.4% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 19 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Lightmatter, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 26 | $183,056 | −0.5% | $158,621 | +14.4% |
| 2025 | 19 | $184,000 | −5.6% | $172,744 | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 11 | $195,000 | +9.2% | $173,279 | +12.2% |
| 2023 | 5 | $178,500 | +34.2% | $150,197 | +23.4% |
| 2022 | 4 | $133,012 | −8.9% | $120,848 | +20.3% |
| 2021 | 4 | $146,000 | +13.7% | $117,437 | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 4 | $128,411 | n/a | $117,603 | +1.3% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Physical Design Engineer | 3 | $188,760 | at the minimum | |
| Design Verification Engineer | 2 | $134,597 | +49.7% | |
| Sr. Photonics Test Engineer | 2 | $173,192 | +9.2% | |
| Staff Embedded Software Engineer | 2 | $215,000 | +8.2% | |
| Staff Photonics Design Engineer | 2 | $196,675 | +13.1% | |
| Board Design Electrical Engineer | 1 | $112,278 | at the minimum | |
| Firmware Test & Deployment Automation Engineer | 1 | $140,525 | +17.2% | |
| IT Support Technician | 1 | $100,000 | +20.2% | |
| Sr. Design Characterization Engineer | 1 | $160,000 | +0.7% | |
| Senior Design Verification Engineer | 1 | $139,700 | +6.6% | |
| Sr. DFT Verification Engineer | 1 | $145,000 | +29.1% | |
| Sr. Enterprise Applications Administrator | 1 | $145,000 | +9.7% | |
| Senior Photonics Design Engineer | 1 | $175,000 | +28.5% | |
| Senior Photonics Engineer | 1 | $166,566 | +5.0% | |
| Senior Reliability Engineer | 1 | $165,000 | +13.4% | |
| Sr. Staff Embedded Quality Engineer | 1 | $200,000 | +42.3% | |
| Sr. Staff Field Application Engineer | 1 | $258,000 | +29.8% | |
| Senior Staff Technical Program Manager | 1 | $255,000 | +14.3% | |
| Staff Analog IC Design Engineer | 1 | $210,000 | +11.1% | |
| Staff Design Verification Engineer | 1 | $190,000 | +39.4% | |
| Staff Mechanical Design Engineer | 1 | $197,360 | +23.9% | |
| Staff Reliability Engineer | 1 | $190,000 | +11.6% | |
| Staff Thermal Engineer | 1 | $205,000 | +10.3% | |
| Staff Thermo-Mechanical Engineer | 1 | $175,000 | +40.6% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain View, CA | 19 | $190,000 |
| Boston, MA | 10 | $150,968 |
| Hillsboro, OR | 1 | $175,000 |
By visa type: 30 H-1B. By outcome: 25 certified, 5 certified and later withdrawn.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Lightmatter, Inc. attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.