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Industrial Engineers

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-2112 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-2112
Share of U.S. applications
0.89%
Applications on record
107,711
FY2025
13,499
Median offered wage
$106,608
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$106,608certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Industrial Engineers (SOC 17-2112). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Industrial Engineers

6,75013kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
6,75013kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008551
FY20091,093
FY20103,452
FY20113,479
FY20124,100
FY20133,395
FY20144,013
FY20154,045
FY20164,244
FY20174,172
FY20185,631
FY20196,150
FY20205,652
FY20216,092
FY20227,524
FY20239,117
FY202410,524
FY202513,499
FY2026*10,978
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*108,8362,141
FY20250110,9442,554
FY2024049,2191,301
FY2023008,314803
FY2022006,765759
FY2021005,286806
FY2020004,871781
FY2019005,410740
FY2018004,716915
FY2017003,513659
FY2016003,320924
FY2015013,344700
FY2014003,299714
FY2013032,974418
FY2012023,465633
FY2011032,991485
FY2010002,680772
FY200900685408
FY2008000551

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Tesla, Inc.4,352
  2. Intel Corporation3,902
  3. Apple Inc.1,991
  4. Cummins Inc.1,913
  5. Amazon.com Services LLC1,071
  6. Micron Technology, Inc.996
  7. L&T Technology Services Limited982
  8. Rivian Automotive, LLC881
  9. Applied Materials, Inc.815
  10. Medtronic, Inc.809
  11. Google LLC680
  12. Intellectt, Inc.622

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Industrial Engineers: applications by worksite state

1+83+430+1,166+2,895+
1+83+430+1,166+2,895+
Data table
StateApplications
CA22,779
TX10,662
MI7,719
IL5,593
NY4,117
MA4,090
NJ3,787
IN3,677
OR3,011
OH2,983
FL2,904
NC2,895
GA2,833
PA2,593
WA2,513
AZ2,379
TN2,300
MN2,263
WI1,888
VA1,735
SC1,709
AL1,263
CT1,166
NV1,134
MD1,035
KY804
IA762
MO738
ID723
CO620
KS590
AR528
UT489
NH430
OK396
MS384
LA367
NE316
NM300
DE264
RI198
WV173
ME101
ND100
DC83
VT71
SD63
PR55
WY48
HI19
AK15
GU14
MT12
VI8
MP1
AS1
Metropolitan areas
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA8,753
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA6,633
  3. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI6,016
  4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,288
  5. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,578
  6. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA3,502
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,455
  8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,394
  9. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA2,978
  10. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX2,707

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

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

Median $106,608; middle half $89,917 to $130,996 · median prevailing wage $95,139 (marker) · 28,328 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5,606
  2. Level II10,717
  3. Level III5,939
  4. Level IV5,126
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Industrial Engineer7,284
  2. Process Engineer4,395
  3. Manufacturing Engineer3,571
  4. Quality Engineer3,548
  5. Validation Engineer2,301
  6. Project Engineer940
  7. Supplier Quality Engineer763
  8. Senior Quality Engineer572

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Akron, OH
  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Auburn-Opelika, AL
  • Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Birmingham, AL
  • Bloomington, IL
  • Bloomington, IN
  • Boise City, ID
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Boulder, CO
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
  • Burlington, NC
  • Charleston-North Charleston, SC
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chattanooga, TN-GA
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
  • Clarksville, TN-KY
  • Cleveland, OH
  • College Station-Bryan, TX
  • Columbia, SC
  • Columbus, IN
  • Columbus, OH
  • Corning, NY
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
  • Decatur, IL
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
  • El Paso, TX
  • Elkhart-Goshen, IN
  • Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
  • Fort Wayne, IN
  • Gainesville, FL
  • Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
  • Greensboro-High Point, NC
  • Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
  • Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
  • Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Knoxville, TN
  • LaGrange, GA-AL
  • Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
  • Lancaster, PA
  • Lansing-East Lansing, MI
  • Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
  • Lexington-Fayette, KY
  • Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
  • Madison, WI
  • Manchester-Nashua, NH
  • McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
  • Memphis, TN-MS-AR
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Montgomery, AL
  • Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
  • New Haven, CT
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Niles, MI
  • Omaha, NE-IA
  • Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
  • Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
  • Peoria, IL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland-South Portland, ME
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
  • Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Reno, NV
  • Richmond, VA
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Rochester, MN
  • Rochester, NY
  • Rockford, IL
  • Rocky Mount, NC
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
  • Savannah, GA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Seymour, IN
  • Sheboygan, WI
  • Spartanburg, SC
  • Springfield, MA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Stockton-Lodi, CA
  • Syracuse, NY
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Toledo, OH
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Tulsa, OK
  • Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
  • Warsaw, IN
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Wichita, KS
  • Winston-Salem, NC
  • Worcester, MA
  • York-Hanover, PA