Applied Materials, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#75 top sponsor

Overview

Applied Materials, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 867 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #75 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 562 were certified (64.8% approval rate), taking about 326 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Materials Engineers, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $128,854.

867

PERM filings

64.8%

approval

2

denied

$128,854

median wage

326d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 532 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (53%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India283
  • China97
  • Taiwan43
  • South Korea42
  • Israel22
  • Japan10
  • Mexico5
  • Singapore3
  • Pakistan3
  • Russia2

Prior visa status

  • H-1B416
  • L-1107
  • O-13
  • Not in USA2
  • E-31
  • L-21
  • H-41

Education

  • Master's298
  • Bachelor's134
  • Doctorate83
  • Other10
  • None4
  • Associate's3

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Applied Materials, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Materials Engineers 126 $127,882
Mechanical Engineers 101 $126,829
Industrial Engineers 94 $128,863
Computer Systems Analysts 53 $124,792
Software Developers, Applications 28 $134,717
Sales Engineers 27 $139,599
Validation Engineers 24 $120,701
Manufacturing Engineers 24 $114,561
Project Management Specialists 22 $149,726
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 22 $135,976

Common job titles

Process Engineer 134 Mechanical Engineer 76 Customer Engineer 53 Software Engineer 45 Financial Analyst 27 Technical Project/Program Management Engineer 26 Application Engineer 25 Business Intelligence Analyst 22 Process Support Engineer 22 IT Solutions Management Analyst 21 Electrical Engineer 18 Account Technologist 17

Wage range

$110,955

25th

$128,854

median

$145,000

75th

$163,200

90th

Law firms used

  • Tafapolsky Smith LLP351
  • Tafapolsky & Smith LLP335
  • Tafapolsky Smith Mehlman LLP153
  • Tafapolsky Smith, LLP11
  • Tafapolsky Smith Melhman LLP4
  • Tafapolsky Smith LLP4

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22157-66905 Account TechnologistCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 22, 2023
A-22173-76552 Product Marketing AnalystCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Mar 20, 2023
A-22143-59708 Product Marketing EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 16, 2023
A-22172-75950 IT Solutions Management Analyst (Systems Engineer)Certified - Expired Austin, TX Mar 16, 2023
A-22165-71696 Mechanical EngineerCertified - Expired SANTA CLARA, CA Mar 9, 2023
A-23040-99991 Operations and Customer Quality Engineer (Industrial)Withdrawn Austin, TX Mar 8, 2023
A-22143-59554 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 7, 2023
A-22151-63322 Mechanical EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Mar 1, 2023
A-23054-05323 Product Line Management EngineerWithdrawn Austin, TX Mar 1, 2023
A-22144-60408 Financial Systems AnalystCertified - Expired SANTA CLARA, CA Mar 1, 2023
A-22118-47823 IT Application Solution Management AnalystCertified - Expired Austin, TX Feb 22, 2023
A-22123-49826 IT Solutions ManagementCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Feb 22, 2023
A-22102-39562 Systems EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Feb 15, 2023
A-22097-37520 ChemistCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Feb 13, 2023
A-22130-52967 IT Solutions Management AnalystCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Feb 13, 2023
A-23030-94898 Mechanical EngineerWithdrawn Santa Clara, CA Feb 2, 2023
A-22118-47812 Integration and Start-up EngineerCertified - Expired Gloucester, MA Jan 27, 2023
A-22117-47170 Technical Publication EngineerCertified - Expired Gloucester, MA Jan 26, 2023
A-22119-48399 Business Intelligence AnalystCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Jan 20, 2023
A-22102-39504 Process EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Jan 18, 2023

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.