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

Worksite states

CA 614 TX 146 AZ 29 OR 26 MA 21 ID 7 MT 6 NY 5 UT 5 VA 4

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-20132-53009 Business Development AnalystCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Nov 2, 2020
A-20132-52910 Application EngineerCertified-Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 2, 2020
A-20094-39129 Process EngineerCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 21, 2020
A-20112-45589 Customer EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Oct 2, 2020
A-20091-37447 Business Management AnalystCertified Sunnyvale, CA Sep 29, 2020
A-19277-66850 Product Quality and Reliability EngineerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Sep 28, 2020
A-20113-46124 Mechanical EngineerCertified SANTA CLARA, CA Sep 24, 2020
A-20110-44628 Mechanical EngineerCertified Santa Clara, CA Sep 24, 2020
A-20100-41146 Manager, Software EngineerCertified Santa Clara, CA Sep 24, 2020
A-20097-39511 Electrical EngineerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Sep 16, 2020
A-20089-36431 Software EngineerCertified Santa Clara, CA Sep 10, 2020
A-20064-26309 Mechanical EngineerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Sep 3, 2020
A-20068-27897 Data ScientistCertified Santa Clara, CA Sep 1, 2020
A-20051-21524 Financial AnalystCertified Sunnyvale, CA Aug 27, 2020
A-19239-49839 Process EngineerDenied Sunnyvale, CA Aug 17, 2020
A-20069-28465 Technical Project/Program ManagerCertified SANTA CLARA, CA Aug 4, 2020
A-19347-95328 Elctrcl Engg, Microelctrnc Circ Dsg, Microsys, Physcs, Chem, Phy Sci, related fieldCertified SANTA CLARA, CA Aug 3, 2020
A-20068-27892 Software EngineerCertified Santa Clara, CA Jul 31, 2020
A-20063-26072 Process EngineerCertified SANTA CLARA, CA Jul 30, 2020
A-20068-27865 Computer Aided EngineerCertified Sunnyvale, CA Jul 22, 2020

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