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Materials Engineers: green card (PERM) sponsors

779 PERM labor certification applications for this occupation (SOC 17-2131). Median offered salary $110,000; median time to certification 492 days.

PERM applications779
Median offered salary$110,000
Middle half of salaries$93,184–$121,982
10th–90th percentile$86,008–$141,075

Top green card sponsors

EmployerPERM applicationsMedian salary
Intel Corporation336$108,467
Applied Materials, Inc45$134,950
Lam Research Corporation28$136,473
TSMC Arizona Corporation28$109,117
Asm America Inc.23$109,512
KLA Corporation15$121,068
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C.11$105,000
GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.7$96,720
Western Digital Technologies, Inc.6$137,051
Rivian Automotive, LLC5$98,114
Micron Technology, Inc.5$112,000
Apple Inc.5$155,314
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.4$103,096
Freeport Minerals Corporation4$102,500
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC4$87,328
Intel Federal LLC3$109,512
Entegris, Inc.3$144,310
Wolfspeed, Inc.3$86,700
Novelis, Inc.3$113,720
Tesla, Inc.3$170,000
Freeport-McMoRan Miami Inc.3$104,000
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.3$85,800
Headway Technologies, INC.3$113,734
Asml US, LP3$150,551
Hermes Microvision, Inc.2$161,513
Sewon America, Inc.2$51,740
AM/NS Calvert LLC2$86,000
Cepheid2$155,314
MP Mine Operations LLC2$129,050
Whirlpool Corporation2$97,802
Penn Steel Fabrication Inc.2$112,500
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company2$112,250
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.2$128,500
Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita Inc.2$90,500
James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc.2$89,500
Nova Measuring Instruments Inc.2$101,000
IRISNDT Inc.2$87,630
Foster Corporation2$90,000
Nanolab Technologies, Inc2$96,374
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.2$169,850
CelLink Corporation2$105,584
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC2$125,098
Boston Scientific Corporation2$92,435
Analog Devices, Inc.2$111,881
Align Technology, Inc.2$154,640
North American Stainless2$109,206
DT Consulting Group Inc2—
R&E Automated Systems LLC2$80,080
Coreshell Technologies, Inc.2$76,398
Lucid USA, Inc.2$165,000

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Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications. PERM certification is one step toward a green card; USCIS decides the petition. Not legal advice. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC PERM Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2024–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).