Role Filing Pattern
Process Engineer appears as a active H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 353 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Process 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
Process Engineer (SOC 17-2131.00, Materials Engineers) appears as an active H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 353 filing records. Filed base wages span $85,000 to $145,810 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $130,291. 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
$130,291
H-1B LCA Filings
353LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$145,810
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 Intel Corporation, Tesla, Inc., Lam Research Corporation, Applied Materials, Inc., and Royal Paper LLC. 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 Hillsboro, OR, Chandler, AZ, Sparks, NV, Fremont, CA, and Rio Rancho, NM. 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$85,000
P25$92,500
Median$130,291
P75$130,460
Max$145,810
Top Employers by LCA Filings
- Intel Corporation$133,432158
- Tesla, Inc.$102,70521
- Lam Research Corporation$128,48213
- Applied Materials, Inc.$186,27611
- Royal Paper LLC$93,0003
- Elanco US Inc.$90,0003
- 3
- 2
- 2
- L&T Technology Services Limited$101,0092
Filed Wage by City
- Santa Clara, CA$165,9836
- Fremont, CA$144,12912
- Hillsboro, OR$133,432122
- Chandler, AZ$124,09024
- Houston, TX$120,0007
- Tualatin, OR$112,7575
- Rocky Mount, NC$104,0003
- Rio Rancho, NM$102,9608
- Austin, TX$102,7053
- Albany, NY$93,5953
- Phoenix, AZ$92,7504
- Kalamazoo, MI$81,6003
- Sparks, NVN/A13
- 6
- Decatur, ILN/A3
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Process Engineer?
The median filed base salary for Process Engineer H-1B LCA records is $130,291 per year.
How many Process Engineer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 353 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Process Engineer role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Process Engineer?
Top employers filing LCAs for Process Engineer include: Intel Corporation, Tesla, Inc., Lam Research Corporation.
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