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Ciena H-1B Salaries 2026

35 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications for full-time roles at Ciena, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026. Median offered salary $162,225.

$162,225Median salary
$140,00025th percentile
$185,35475th percentile
35Filings

Ciena H-1B salaries by job title

Job titleFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Routing/Ip Software Engineer4$254,134$206,644 – $266,841
Lead IT Applications2$160,696$155,348 – $166,044
Software Engineer Applications2$175,000$175,000 – $175,000
Senior Analyst IT Network Engineering2$160,992$158,459 – $163,526
Analyst Enterprise Data Management2$102,118$101,059 – $103,177
Optical Engineer2$146,000$145,500 – $146,500
Manager IT Applications1$216,000$216,000 – $216,000
Manager Service Reliability Engineering1$160,000$160,000 – $160,000
Leader Enterprise Data Management1$175,708$175,708 – $175,708
Senior Cloud Operations Engineer1$162,225$162,225 – $162,225
Senior Manager Financial Systems1$167,154$167,154 – $167,154
Resident Engineer 4 Technical Support1$150,481$150,481 – $150,481
Stv/Pv Engineering Routing/Ip1$127,008$127,008 – $127,008
Analyst IT Architecture1$106,184$106,184 – $106,184
Director Svt/Pv Engineering Software Systems1$195,000$195,000 – $195,000

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
San Jose, CA5$242,692
Hanover, MD4$155,202
Aubrey, TX2$173,550
Melissa, TX2$158,818
Plano, TX2$175,000
Alpharetta, GA2$182,500
Austin, TX1$216,000
Bridgewater, MA1$98,500
Duluth, GA1$162,225
Dublin, CA1$265,575

Wage levels

Level I22% · 6
Level II22% · 6
Level III0% · 0
Level IV56% · 15

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).

Median prevailing wage on these filings: $134,895.

Recent Ciena H-1B filings

Latest 35 of 35 filings by decision date. Salary is the offered wage rate (annualised); "to" shows the top of a range when given.

CertifiedStartJob titleLocationSalaryLevel
2026-05-272026-10-01Cloud Platform & AI - Technical LeadHanover, MD$150,405II
2026-05-272026-09-01Quality Engineer 3Tampa, FL$119,000II
2026-05-222026-10-01Embedded Software Engineer 4San Jose, CA$236,156
2026-05-212026-07-17Optical Engineer 3Morris Plains, NJ$147,000II
2026-05-212026-09-12Routing/IP Software Engineer 4San Jose, CA$242,692
2026-05-152026-05-11AI Engineer 4 (A710.597.4)Irving, TX$165,000IV
2026-04-302026-10-19Routing/IP Software Engineer 5San Jose, CA$270,639IV
2026-04-302026-09-05Software Engineer 3San Jose, CA$198,469II
2026-03-202026-08-27Associate, Data Engineering (A710.587)Seattle, WA$96,117I
2026-03-202026-08-27Director, SVT/PV Engineering Software Systems (A710.169)Alpharetta, GA$195,000IV
2026-03-202026-08-27Analyst, Enterprise Data Management (A710.588)Waukegan, IL$100,000I
2026-03-202026-08-27Analyst, Enterprise Data Management (A710.387)Dallas, TX$104,236I
2026-03-202026-08-27Optical Engineer 2 (A710.589)New Providence, NJ$145,000I
2026-03-202026-08-27Senior Analyst, Data Engineering (A710.388)Edison, NJ$132,252I
2026-03-202026-08-27Analyst, IT Architecture (A710.325)Halethorpe, MD$106,184II
2026-02-262026-06-17Senior Analyst, IT Network EngineeringLiberty Hill, TX$155,925
2026-02-262026-03-02Software Engineer Applications 4Plano, TX$175,000IV
2026-02-192026-04-01Software Engineer Applications 4Plano, TX$175,000IV
2026-02-042026-01-28STV/PV Engineering Routing/IPPetaluma, CA$127,008II
2025-12-192026-05-15Resident Engineer 4 Technical SupportMelissa, TX$150,481
2025-12-122026-05-13Routing/IP Software Engineer 5Dublin, CA$265,575IV
2025-12-102026-04-26Senior Cloud Operations EngineerDuluth, GA$162,225IV
2025-12-102026-05-23Senior Manager, Financial SystemsMelissa, TX$167,154IV
2025-12-102026-05-11Leader, Enterprise Data ManagementAubrey, TX$175,708IV
2025-12-042025-12-02Routing/IP Software EngineerBridgewater, MA$98,500I
2025-11-262025-11-19Manager, Service Reliability Engineering (A710.568)Hanover, MD$160,000
2025-11-212026-03-06Manager, IT Applications (A710.319)Austin, TX$216,000IV
2025-11-142026-04-03Lead, IT Applications (A710.327)Aubrey, TX$171,392IV
2025-09-192025-09-18Professional Services Inventory Software DeveloperAlpharetta, GA$170,000IV
2025-09-162026-01-02SVT/PV Engineer 5 (A710.227)San Jose, CA$258,430
2025-08-272025-08-20Lead B2B Integration Developer (A710.561)Hanover, MD$140,000
2025-08-272025-08-21Director, IT Applications (A710.175)Hanover, MD$242,692IV
2025-08-142025-08-12Engineering Technical Support Engineer 3 (A710.559)Bartlesville, OK$140,000IV
2025-08-112025-08-07Senior Analyst, IT Network Engineering (A710.130)Kearny, NJ$166,060
2025-07-292026-01-08Lead, IT Applications (A710.305)Cypres, TX$150,000IV

Employer names as filed: Ciena Corporation. Name variants that differ only in case, punctuation or legal suffix (LLC, Inc., Corp.) are merged. Separate legal entities are listed separately. These are wages offered on certified LCAs, not actual pay.