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-19178-24418 Process EngineerCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 31, 2020
A-19259-58821 IT Solutions Management (Apps/Sys Engineer)Certified-Expired Santa Clara, CA Mar 18, 2020
A-19268-62586 Customer EngineerCertified-Expired Salt Lake City, UT Mar 13, 2020
A-19284-69910 Technical Materials Program ManagerCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 13, 2020
A-19254-56549 Financial AnalystCertified-Expired SANTA CLARA, CA Mar 3, 2020
A-19208-36340 Software EngineerCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Feb 24, 2020
A-19225-43919 Product Line Management IVCertified-Expired SANTA CLARA, CA Feb 18, 2020
A-19238-49464 Account TechnologistCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Feb 7, 2020
A-19249-54283 Market AnalystCertified-Expired Santa Clara, CA Jan 16, 2020
A-19205-35058 System EngineerCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Jan 9, 2020
A-19235-48767 Process Engineer SeniorCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Jan 3, 2020
A-19249-54441 New Product Manufacturing EngineerCertified-Expired Austin, TX Jan 2, 2020
A-19224-43297 Product Safety EngineerCertified-Expired Sunnvale, CA Jan 2, 2020
A-19214-39481 Process EngineerCertified-Expired Santa Clara, CA Nov 25, 2019
A-19150-11606 Gross Margin ManagerCertified-Expired Kalispell, MT Nov 25, 2019
A-19266-61704 IT Solutions ManagementWithdrawn SANTA CLARA, CA Nov 19, 2019
A-19224-42996 Application EngineerCertified-Expired Boise, ID Nov 8, 2019
A-19214-39362 Process EngineerCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 30, 2019
A-19208-36339 Process EngineerCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 29, 2019
A-19213-38663 Materials Project ManagementCertified-Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 29, 2019

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