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Process Engineer in Santa Clara, CA

Job title · Santa Clara, California

Job title as filed
Process Engineer
City
Santa Clara, California
Applications FY2022–FY2026
276
Median offered wage
$147,500
Most common occupation
Materials Engineers
Median wage$147,500certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Process Engineer" and a worksite in Santa Clara.

Applications by fiscal year

3977FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
3977FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202256
FY202340
FY202461
FY202542
FY2026*77
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Applied Materials, Inc.191
  2. Intel Corporation65
  3. Intel NDTM US LLC13
  4. NVIDIA Corporation5
  5. Omnivision Technologies, Inc.1
  6. Halo Industries, Inc.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $147,500; middle half $134,514 to $160,406 · median prevailing wage $142,789 (marker) · 276 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II11
  3. Level III125
  4. Level IV54
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Process Engineer" appears on 5,977 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 848 employers for worksites in 684 cities; the median offered wage is $105,394, so the median in Santa Clara is 40.0% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
5,977
Employers nationwide
848
Cities with filings
684
National median offered wage
$105,394
Share of national filings in Santa Clara
4.6%
Cities with the most applications for Process Engineer
  1. Hillsboro, OR2,690
  2. Chandler, AZ322
  3. Rio Rancho, NM296
  4. Santa Clara, CA276
  5. Fremont, CA266
  6. Tualatin, OR87
  7. Sparks, NV83
  8. Houston, TX72
  9. Austin, TX71
  10. Phoenix, AZ60
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Santa Clara job market

Santa Clara has 33,150 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 7,478 job titles and 2,175 employers; "Process Engineer" ranks #8 by applications, with 0.8% of them.

Applications in Santa Clara, all job titles
33,150
Job titles filed
7,478
Rank of Process Engineer in Santa Clara
8
Median offered wage in Santa Clara, all job titles
$163,031
National median wage, Materials Engineers (all job titles)
$112,687
Other job titles in Santa Clara
  1. Software Engineer2,663
  2. Component Design Engineer950
  3. Software Development Engineer II635
  4. Senior Software Engineer609
  5. Hardware Engineer, Electronics460
  6. Staff Software Engineer354
  7. Engineer Senior Systems Software317
  8. Principal Software Engineer248
  9. Software Development Engineer I231
  10. Software Developer224
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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