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-21138-88144 Customer EngineerCertified - Expired Manassas, VA Nov 15, 2021
A-21134-86878 Industrial Engineer VCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 15, 2021
A-21011-40820 Process EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 1, 2021
A-21013-41897 Customer Account TechnologistCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 1, 2021
A-20237-91522 Technical Product Support (TPS) EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Nov 1, 2021
A-21144-90884 Process Engineer III SeniorCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 26, 2021
A-21133-86128 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 25, 2021
A-21123-81329 Mechanical Engineer, ManagerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 25, 2021
A-21120-80777 Process Support EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 21, 2021
A-21111-76860 Business Development ManagerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 21, 2021
A-21105-74862 Industrial EngineerCertified - Expired Gloucester, MA Oct 15, 2021
A-21105-74733 Senior Financial AnalystCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Oct 15, 2021
A-21098-71966 Process EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 8, 2021
A-21076-63481 IT Solutions Management AnalystCertified - Expired Austin, TX Oct 4, 2021
A-20240-93054 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Sep 10, 2021
A-20308-16163 TCAD Modeling Engineer (Physicist/Scientist)Certified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Sep 9, 2021
A-20206-80786 Process EngineerCertified - Expired SANTA CLARA, CA Sep 2, 2021
A-21099-72383 New Product Manufacturing EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Aug 27, 2021
A-21111-76877 People Analytics Data ScientistCertified - Expired Santa Clara, CA Aug 27, 2021
A-21102-72972 Process Integration EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Aug 27, 2021

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