Thorlabs, Inc. H-1B wage filings
Newton, NJ. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Thorlabs, Inc. filed 7 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $82,552, 1.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Mechanical Engineer I (3 filings, median $82,536).
- Filings
- 7
- Positions covered
- 7
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 5
- Worksite cities
- 5
- Filings since FY2020
- 44
- Median offer change since FY2021
- −18%
Offered wage since 2020
Thorlabs, Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer fell 18%, from $100,457 in fiscal 2021 to $82,552 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 1.4% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 9 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.
Thorlabs, Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 7 | $82,552 | −28.2% | $81,432 | +1.4% |
| 2025 | 9 | $115,000 | +29.7% | $113,610 | +13.6% |
| 2024 | 8 | $88,670 | n/a | $84,313 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 8 | $90,955 | −9.5% | $86,258 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 7 | $100,457 | +28.6% | $86,528 | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 3 | $78,125 | n/a | $77,750 | at the minimum |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineer I | 3 | $82,536 | +1.4% | |
| Controls Engineer | 1 | $134,642 | at the minimum | |
| Manufacturing Engineer II | 1 | $102,586 | at the minimum | |
| Photonics Engineer II | 1 | $129,215 | +11.9% | |
| Photonics Learning Specialist | 1 | $81,600 | +40.8% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Newton, NJ | 3 | $82,536 |
| Lafayette, CO | 1 | $129,215 |
| Londonderry, NH | 1 | $134,642 |
| Miami Beach, FL | 1 | $81,600 |
| Sterling, VA | 1 | $102,586 |
By visa type: 7 H-1B. By outcome: 5 certified, 2 certified and later withdrawn.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 Thorlabs, 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.