2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Applied Materials

Offered base salaries from 350 certified H-1B filings, across 22 roles in 9 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Applied Materials's certified filings offered $147,290 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $126,098 and $168,666. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Industrial Engineers$131,328$82k – $203k72
Mechanical Engineers$149,614$87k – $234k35
Materials Engineers$141,697$90k – $175k31
Architectural and Engineering Managers$197,568$87k – $243k24
Computer Systems Analysts$151,060$114k – $195k20
Software Developers$171,600$96k – $219k17
Computer Occupations, All Other$166,962$107k – $215k16
Engineers, All Other$162,000$102k – $200k15
Data Scientists$148,500$87k – $205k13
Chemical Engineers$152,100$95k – $184k13
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$160,425$100k – $246k212
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$117,894$64k – $220k68
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$132,096$98k – $200k22
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$104,407$65k – $148k13
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$126,247$88k – $128k8
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$129,822$88k – $182k6
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$133,430$90k – $167k5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$102,645$87k – $161k4
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$137,615$133k – $156k3
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Applied Materials's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Industrial Engineers — San Jose$142,29338+3.9%
Industrial Engineers — Austin$116,13924+12.1%
Mechanical Engineers — San Jose$163,00023−3.0%
Architectural and Engineering Managers — San Jose$198,00016−15.6%
Materials Engineers — San Jose$149,89116−4.4%
Computer Systems Analysts — San Jose$165,35013+5.2%
Engineers, All Other — San Jose$179,8589+6.0%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists — San Jose$145,0628+2.2%
Software Developers — San Jose$200,0008−6.2%
Computer Occupations, All Other — Austin$136,9898+5.8%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
350 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Applied Materials's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.