SOC 17-2131.00
Materials Engineers — H-1B offered wages
Wages employers attested they would pay on certified Labor Condition Applications filed under SOC 17-2131.00.
- 25th percentile
- $102,955
- Median
- $123,810
- 75th percentile
- $149,357
- Employers
- 100
Offered wage, per year
Derived from $5,000 bands, not stored
1,270 disclosed positions
Offered wage, per year
Distinct sponsors behind the distribution
Top 100 sponsors of this occupation were read
Wage distribution
Each band is $5,000 wide.
25th $102,955 · median $123,810 · 75th $149,357 · 1,270 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
Prevailing wage level
Level I is entry, IV is fully competent. The level sets the wage floor the employer had to meet.
Level I
38
6%
Level II
119
20%
Level III
252
42%
Level IV
71
12%
Not stated
121
20%
By employer
Each median is derived from that employer's own wage bands for this occupation — never an average of medians.
| Employer | Headquarters | Median | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Corporation | Santa Clara, CA | $112,577 | 563 |
| Applied Materials, Inc | Santa Clara, CA | $150,098 | 286 |
| Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | San Jose, CA | $135,000 | 104 |
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino, CA | $157,917 | 70 |
| Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | Milpitas, CA | $157,500 | 26 |
| MATTSON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Fremont, CA | $137,500 | 26 |
| ASM AMERICA INC. | PHOENIX, AZ | $125,000 | 10 |
| Headway Technologies, Inc. | Milpitas, CA | $166,250 | 9 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | Austin, TX | $117,500 | 9 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | Boise, ID | $138,125 | 7 |
| GlobalFoundries U.S., Inc. | Malta, NY | $122,500 | 7 |
| The University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $77,500 | 7 |
| Lam Research Corporation | Fremont, CA | $132,500 | 6 |
| Nova Measuring Instruments Inc. | Fremont, CA | $117,500 | 5 |
| Purdue University | Fort Wayne, IN | $58,750 | 5 |
By metro
Metros with at least 15 disclosed positions across 3 or more employers.
| Metro | Median | Positions | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro, OR | $120,385 | 366 | 5 |
| Santa Clara, CA | $152,255 | 212 | 4 |
| Fremont, CA | $139,815 | 110 | 7 |
| Phoenix, AZ | $121,250 | 53 | 3 |
| Milpitas, CA | $157,672 | 37 | 3 |
| San Jose, CA | $132,981 | 31 | 5 |
| Sunnyvale, CA | $182,500 | 22 | 4 |
| Austin, TX | $120,000 | 16 | 5 |
92 further metros are present in the data but below the reporting floor, so no range is published for them.
Percentiles are interpolated inside $5,000 bands summed across the 100 largest sponsors of this occupation, which is what the precomputed ranking holds — so they describe those sponsors, not the whole labour market. A page is only published when at least 25 disclosed positions across 3 employers stand behind it. Wages are what the employer attested at filing time, before the job started.