H-1B sponsor data
H-1B sponsors for materials engineers
Employers with certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in occupation 17-2131 (Materials 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 materials engineers?
402 employers had 1,589 certified H-1B LCAs for materials engineers in the window. The most active were Intel Corporation, Lam Research Corporation and Applied Materials, Inc. The median offered wage on full-time filings was $125,000 a year. Oregon 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 | 1,589 |
|---|---|
| Employers filing | 402 |
| Median offered wage (full-time) | $125,000 |
| Middle 50% of offered wages | $105,400 – $139,300 |
| Most common worksite state | Oregon |
Top H-1B sponsors for materials engineers
Employers ranked by certified H-1B LCAs in this occupation.
| Rank | Employer | Certified LCAs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intel Corporation | 480 |
| 2 | Lam Research Corporation | 108 |
| 3 | Applied Materials, Inc | 76 |
| 4 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 58 |
| 5 | TSMC Arizona Corporation | 48 |
| 6 | Apple Inc. | 43 |
| 7 | Asm America Inc. | 38 |
| 8 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 28 |
| 9 | KLA Corporation | 19 |
| 10 | Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | 19 |
| 11 | Headway Technologies, Inc. | 16 |
| 12 | Micron Idaho Semiconductor Manufacturing (Triton) LLC | 14 |
| 13 | Tesla, Inc. | 13 |
| 14 | GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc. | 10 |
| 15 | Corning Research & Development Corporation | 8 |
| 16 | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | 8 |
| 17 | Taurus Industrial Group, LLC. | 8 |
| 18 | 3M Company | 7 |
| 19 | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC | 7 |
| 20 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 7 |
| 21 | Big River Steel LLC | 6 |
| 22 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | 6 |
| 23 | Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas | 6 |
| 24 | Hanwha Q Cells Georgia, Inc. | 6 |
| 25 | Texas Instruments Incorporated | 6 |
| 26 | Asml US, LP | 5 |
| 27 | Corning Incorporated | 5 |
| 28 | Cummins Inc. | 5 |
| 29 | Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. | 5 |
| 30 | Nova Measuring Instruments Inc. | 5 |
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)$89,100
- Level II (qualified)$112,700
- Level III (experienced)$133,400
- Level IV (fully competent)$154,100
Where the jobs are
State
- Oregon389
- California356
- Arizona204
- Texas92
- Idaho85
- New York56
- New Mexico51
- Massachusetts36
- Michigan32
- Illinois30
Job titles filed under this occupation
Employers write their own job titles; DOL assigns the occupation code. These are the most common titles.
- Process Engineer621
- Materials Engineer54
- Product Engineer30
- Packaging Engineer24
- Process Support Engineer17
- Staff Engineer, Hardware Development Engineering16
- Senior Engineer I, Process Engineering16
- Field Process Engineer13
- Semiconductor Process Engineer12
- Product Development Applications Engineer11
- Postdoctoral Research Associate10
- Research Scientist10
Frequently asked questions
- Which employers sponsor the most H-1B visas for materials engineers?
- In this window: Intel Corporation, Lam Research Corporation, Applied Materials, Inc, Micron Technology, Inc. and TSMC Arizona Corporation. The full table above ranks the top employers by certified LCAs.
- What do H-1B materials engineers get paid?
- The median offered wage on full-time filings was $125,000 a year, with the middle half between $105,400 – $139,300. Offered wages are what employers stated on the filing; actual pay can differ.
- What is SOC code 17-2131?
- It is the Standard Occupational Classification code for Materials 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
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education1,782 certified LCAs
- Marketing Managers1,684 certified LCAs
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary1,669 certified LCAs
- Supply Chain Managers1,503 certified LCAs
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval1,476 certified LCAs
- Financial Risk Specialists1,417 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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