H-1B sponsor data
H-1B sponsors for chemical engineers
Employers with certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in occupation 17-2041 (Chemical Engineers), decided between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 (FY2026 Q3 release).
An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.
Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for chemical engineers?
454 employers had 833 certified H-1B LCAs for chemical engineers in the window. The most active were Applied Materials, Inc, Evonik Corporation and Tesla, Inc.. The median offered wage on full-time filings was $123,600 a year. California had the most worksites. An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.
| Certified H-1B LCAs | 833 |
|---|---|
| Employers filing | 454 |
| Median offered wage (full-time) | $123,600 |
| Middle 50% of offered wages | $100,200 – $147,800 |
| Most common worksite state | California |
Top H-1B sponsors for chemical engineers
Employers ranked by certified H-1B LCAs in this occupation.
| Rank | Employer | Certified LCAs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Applied Materials, Inc | 26 |
| 2 | Evonik Corporation | 16 |
| 3 | Tesla, Inc. | 16 |
| 4 | Eli Lilly and Company | 12 |
| 5 | Amgen Inc. | 11 |
| 6 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 11 |
| 7 | Battelle Memorial Institute | 9 |
| 8 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 9 |
| 9 | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | 8 |
| 10 | Uop LLC | 8 |
| 11 | Cummins Inc. | 7 |
| 12 | The Dow Chemical Company | 7 |
| 13 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7 |
| 14 | Micron Idaho Semiconductor Manufacturing (Triton) LLC | 7 |
| 15 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 7 |
| 16 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 7 |
| 17 | ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company | 6 |
| 18 | University of California, Berkeley | 6 |
| 19 | University of Connecticut | 6 |
| 20 | Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | 6 |
| 21 | Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC | 5 |
| 22 | Linde Inc. | 5 |
| 23 | North Carolina State University | 5 |
| 24 | Technip Energies USA, Inc. | 5 |
| 25 | University of Maine | 5 |
| 26 | University of Michigan | 5 |
| 27 | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 4 |
| 28 | Altext Inc | 4 |
| 29 | Anthro Energy | 4 |
| 30 | Archer Daniels Midland Company | 4 |
Median offered wage by level
The prevailing-wage level on each filing, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent), with the median offered wage at that level.
- Level I (entry)$86,500
- Level II (qualified)$110,500
- Level III (experienced)$132,200
- Level IV (fully competent)$157,200
Where the jobs are
State
Job titles filed under this occupation
Employers write their own job titles; DOL assigns the occupation code. These are the most common titles.
- Process Engineer69
- Chemical Engineer31
- Senior Process Engineer18
- Postdoctoral Research Associate15
- Postdoctoral Associate10
- Engineer8
- Research Scientist8
- Process Development Engineer8
- Chemical Process Engineer8
- Project Engineer7
- Assistant Research Professor6
- Postdoctoral Scholar Employee6
Frequently asked questions
- Which employers sponsor the most H-1B visas for chemical engineers?
- In this window: Applied Materials, Inc, Evonik Corporation, Tesla, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company and Amgen Inc.. The full table above ranks the top employers by certified LCAs.
- What do H-1B chemical engineers get paid?
- The median offered wage on full-time filings was $123,600 a year, with the middle half between $100,200 – $147,800. Offered wages are what employers stated on the filing; actual pay can differ.
- What is SOC code 17-2041?
- It is the Standard Occupational Classification code for Chemical Engineers. Employers file under their own job titles; the Department of Labor assigns each filing an occupation code, which this page groups by.
Other occupations
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education929 certified LCAs
- Physicists927 certified LCAs
- Cost Estimators917 certified LCAs
- Computer Network Support Specialists801 certified LCAs
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other781 certified LCAs
- Economists767 certified LCAs
- H-1B sponsors
Source and method
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification: LCA Programs (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) disclosure data, FY2026 Q3 release, decisions from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. DOL performance data page
- Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) with case status Certified and visa class H-1B, decided in the 12-month window above. Cases certified and later withdrawn, denied cases and withdrawn cases are listed separately.
- Employers are grouped by their filed legal name after removing punctuation and legal forms such as Inc. or LLC, so related companies that file under different legal names (for example a parent and a subsidiary) appear separately.
- Wages are the lower end of the wage range the employer stated on full-time LCAs, converted to a yearly amount. They are offered wages on a filing, not salary data, and actual pay can differ.
- DOL may revise individual records in later releases. Ruubu republishes the figures after each quarterly release.
This is U.S. government public-domain data credited to the U.S. Department of Labor. Ruubu aggregates it and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Labor.
Data imported October 24, 2026. Source page checked October 24, 2026.
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