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Materials Engineers: H-1B salaries and wage levels

1,692certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$124,090median offer
$102k to $139kmiddle half of offers
16%of new-employment offers reach Level IV for their area
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27

Wage levels by city

same scale for every row · black mark: median offer in that city
Hillsboro, OR IV $147k
under Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $78k to $155k
CityLCAsMedianLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
Hillsboro, OR351$133,432 $86,715$106,891$127,046$147,222

What employers offer

1,692 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area
$50k to $60k: 19 LCAs$60k to $70k: 39 LCAs$70k to $80k: 55 LCAs$80k to $90k: 59 LCAs$90k to $100k: 216 LCAs$100k to $110k: 157 LCAs$110k to $120k: 189 LCAs$120k to $130k: 195 LCAs$130k to $140k: 365 LCAs$140k to $150k: 122 LCAs$150k to $160k: 107 LCAs$160k to $170k: 60 LCAs$170k to $180k: 47 LCAs$180k to $190k: 30 LCAs$190k to $200k: 13 LCAs$200k to $210k: 3 LCAs$210k to $220k: 4 LCAs$230k to $240k: 3 LCAs$240k to $250k: 1 LCA$250k to $260k: 3 LCAs$260k to $270k: 2 LCAs$270k to $280k: 1 LCA $50k to $60k: 19 LCAs$60k to $70k: 39 LCAs$70k to $80k: 55 LCAs$80k to $90k: 59 LCAs$90k to $100k: 216 LCAs$100k to $110k: 157 LCAs$110k to $120k: 189 LCAs$120k to $130k: 195 LCAs$130k to $140k: 365 LCAs$140k to $150k: 122 LCAs$150k to $160k: 107 LCAs$160k to $170k: 60 LCAs$170k to $180k: 47 LCAs$180k to $190k: 30 LCAs$190k to $200k: 13 LCAs$200k to $210k: 3 LCAs$210k to $220k: 4 LCAs$230k to $240k: 3 LCAs$240k to $250k: 1 LCA$250k to $260k: 3 LCAs$260k to $270k: 2 LCAs$270k to $280k: 1 LCA
$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 10 LCAs = 20 LCAs

Lottery entries

798 new-employment LCAs
Materials Engineers 9%17%27%31%16% 798
All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984
1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Over time

fiscal years, October to September · hatched: year to date

Certified H-1B LCAs

1,473 FY2026 to date

Median offer

$124,090 FY2026

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
#EmployerCertified LCAsMedian salary
1 Intel Corporation 480 $133,432
2 Lam Research Corporation 109 $138,258
3 Applied Materials, Inc 77 $152,841
4 Micron Technology, Inc. 58 $126,351
5 Apple Inc. 54 $155,251
6 TSMC Arizona Corporation 48 $109,280
7 Asm America INC. 38 $122,325
8 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 28 $153,600
9 KLA Corporation 19 $145,794
10 Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC. 19 $115,000
11 Micron Idaho Semiconductor Manufacturing (Triton) LLC 14 $109,062
12 Tesla, Inc. 14 $146,719
13 GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc. 13 $115,690
14 Headway Technologies, Inc. 13 $162,906
15 Corning Research & Development Corporation 9 $110,210
16 Purdue University 8 $58,004
17 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 8 $61,800
18 Sandisk Technologies, Inc. 8 $167,503
19 Taurus Industrial Group, LLC. 8 $104,853
20 3M Company 7 $128,058
21 Asml US, LP 7 $144,000
22 Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC 7 $138,000
23 Texas Instruments Incorporated 7 $134,000
24 The University of Chicago 7 $78,478
25 Big River Steel LLC 6 $106,994
All other employers 626 –