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Materials Engineers

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-2131 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-2131
Share of U.S. applications
0.25%
Applications on record
30,888
FY2025
2,513
Median offered wage
$118,830
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$118,830certified 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 Materials Engineers (SOC 17-2131). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Materials Engineers

1,2572,513FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,2572,513FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008109
FY2009299
FY2010808
FY20111,034
FY20121,109
FY20131,399
FY20141,711
FY20151,982
FY20161,961
FY20171,746
FY20182,001
FY20191,898
FY20201,547
FY20212,123
FY20222,164
FY20232,263
FY20242,381
FY20252,513
FY2026*1,840
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,507333
FY20252,066447
FY20241,875506
FY20231,681582
FY20221,846318
FY20211,566557
FY20201,141406
FY20191,408490
FY20181,439562
FY20171,275471
FY20161,277684
FY20151,204778
FY20141,177534
FY2013988411
FY2012937172
FY2011856178
FY2010664144
FY200920297
FY20080109
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

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

Applications by employer
  1. Intel Corporation8,116
  2. Lam Research Corporation1,419
  3. Applied Materials, Inc.1,054
  4. Globalfoundries U.S. Inc.969
  5. Micron Technology, Inc.841
  6. Apple Inc.490
  7. Asm America Inc.321
  8. Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C.286
  9. The Dow Chemical Company278
  10. Western Digital Technologies, Inc.215
  11. TSMC Arizona Corporation167
  12. Im Flash Technologies, LLC133
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Materials Engineers: applications by worksite state

1+25+89+232+535+
1+25+89+232+535+
Data table
StateApplications
OR6,762
CA6,535
TX2,401
NY2,086
AZ2,011
MI995
ID929
MA832
OH714
NM626
PA569
IN535
IL520
NC393
UT386
GA386
MN371
VA362
NJ357
FL259
WA240
WI232
TN220
SC215
AL197
CO183
CT176
KY134
KS120
AR118
NV108
MO95
IA89
MD89
OK84
NH77
RI71
MS71
DE71
LA56
WV37
VT30
ME25
AK23
NE23
HI22
ND15
DC12
MT11
SD8
GU3
WY2
VI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA6,790
  2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA3,430
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,953
  4. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ1,812
  5. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY1,356
  6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,166
  7. Boise City, ID886
  8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH698
  9. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI616
  10. Albuquerque, NM589
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

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

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

Median $118,830; middle half $94,338 to $133,432 · median prevailing wage $110,219 (marker) · 5,370 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I606
  2. Level II1,212
  3. Level III2,111
  4. Level IV718
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Process Engineer5,997
  2. Materials Engineer1,075
  3. Product Engineer277
  4. Senior Engineer268
  5. Packaging Engineer250
  6. Research Engineer179
  7. Senior Process Engineer175
  8. Metallurgical Engineer172
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

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

  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boise City, ID
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Columbus, IN
  • Corning, NY
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Port Lavaca, TX
  • Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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