Role Filing Pattern
Materials Engineer appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 28 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Materials Engineer H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 17-2131.00
SOC Category: Materials Engineers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Materials Engineer (SOC 17-2131.00, Materials Engineers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 28 filing records. Filed base wages span $84,890 to $140,400 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $112,871. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$112,871
H-1B LCA Filings
28LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$140,400
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC, Apple Inc., E & E Co., Ltd., UChicago Argonne LLC, and Closure Systems Companies Inc.. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Fremont, CA, IDAHO FALLS, ID, Cupertino, CA, Belmont, NC, and Houston, TX. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
Salary Caveat
The median shown here is a filed base wage signal from public LCA records. It generally excludes equity, bonus, benefits, and compensation changes after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$84,890
P25$90,000
Median$112,871
P75$122,016
Max$140,400
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC$138,0003
- Apple Inc.$173,3502
- E & E Co., Ltd.$94,8592
- 2
- Closure Systems Companies Inc.$110,0001
Filed Wage by City
- Cupertino, CA$173,3502
- Santa Ana, CA$156,0001
- IDAHO FALLS, ID$138,0003
- Fremont, CA$116,1685
- Hillsboro, OR$113,2351
- Houston, TX$111,0312
- Crawfordsville, IN$110,0001
- Washington, DC$101,2542
- Irvine, CA$99,8401
- Columbus, OH$93,0002
- Wall Township, NJ$91,5001
- Cambridge, MA$89,9501
- Nashua, NH$88,2601
- Belmont, NCN/A2
- Lemont, ILN/A2
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Materials Engineer?
The median filed base salary for Materials Engineer H-1B LCA records is $112,871 per year.
How many Materials Engineer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 28 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Materials Engineer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Materials Engineer?
Top employers filing LCAs for Materials Engineer include: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC, Apple Inc., E & E Co., Ltd..
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