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Samsung Research America, Inc.

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
1,575
FY2025 applications
85
FY2026 to 30 June
78
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$170,914
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
Yes
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Samsung Research America, Inc. appears in 1,575 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 85.

Applications by fiscal year — Samsung Research America, Inc.

101201FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
101201FY2014FY2017FY2020FY2023FY2026*
Data table
FY20149
FY2015154
FY2016189
FY2017153
FY2018195
FY2019201
FY2020148
FY202190
FY2022118
FY202384
FY202471
FY202585
FY2026*78
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*753
FY20257015
FY20245615
FY20237311
FY202210216
FY20217317
FY202012523
FY201915249
FY201811976
FY201713320
FY201612564
FY201512232
FY201481

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Samsung Research America, Inc.: applications by worksite state

1+1+2+11+32+
1+1+2+11+32+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,345
TX181
NY32
MA11
WA2
OR2
VA1
UT1
Worksite states
  1. California1,345
  2. Texas181
  3. New York32
  4. Massachusetts11
  5. Washington2
  6. Oregon2
  7. Virginia1
  8. Utah1
Worksite cities
  1. Mountain View, CA1,097
  2. Plano, TX117
  3. Irvine, CA69
  4. San Francisco, CA52
  5. Richardson, TX48
  6. Valencia, CA33
  7. New York City, NY32
  8. San Jose, CA29
  9. Santa Clara, CA15
  10. Austin, TX14

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Software Developers867
  2. Computer and Information Research Scientists134
  3. Electrical Engineers121
  4. Computer and Information Systems Managers64
  5. Computer Systems Analysts58
  6. Special Effects Artists and Animators50
  7. Electronics Engineers, Except Computer38
  8. Computer Occupations, All Other36
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Software Engineer, Senior92
  2. Software Engineer, Staff81
  3. Senior Engineer, Research59
  4. Software Engineer53
  5. Staff Engineer, Software36
  6. Engineer, Senior28
  7. Research Engineer, Senior22
  8. Research Engineer, Staff22

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $170,914; middle half $144,394 to $199,534 · median prevailing wage $170,186 (marker) · 197 applications.

$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
$120k$145k$170k$195k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II73
  3. Level III56
  4. Level IV55

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India158
  2. China68
  3. South Korea23
  4. Canada15
  5. Spain8
  6. France6
  7. Brazil6
  8. Turkey5

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

69137FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
69137FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY201587
FY201685
FY2017137
FY201878
FY2019131
FY2020115
FY2021122
FY202280
FY202317
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202310160
FY2022150651
FY2021390830
FY2020370780
FY2019613701
FY2018191590
FY2017592781
FY2016230622
FY2015490381

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP595
  2. Tafapolsky & Smith LLP240
  3. Greenberg Traurig, LLP180
  4. Greenberg Traurig LLP (GT)39

Among employers in California

Samsung Research America, Inc. has 1,575 work visa applications on record (FY2014–FY2026), ranking #147 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #738 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.08% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
147 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
738 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.08%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 541) in California
12,087
Largest sponsoring employers in California
  1. Google LLC100,642
  2. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  3. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  4. Intel Corporation61,185
  5. Apple Inc.60,673
  6. Google Inc.34,245
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.26,767
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.25,216
  9. UST Global Inc.25,160
  10. Linkedin Corporation17,398