Materials Engineers — Green Card (PERM) Sponsorship 2026
Employers filed 7,297 PERM (ETA-9089) labor certifications for Materials Engineers roles in DOL disclosure data (FY2007–2026), with 6,800 certified (93.2% certification rate). Median offered wage: $95K/year. PERM is the green-card process, a separate DOL filing from H-1B LCA data.
PERM Case Outcomes — Materials Engineers
| Outcome | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Certified | 6,800 | 93.2% |
| Denied | 172 | 2.4% |
| Withdrawn | 325 | 4.5% |
Counts across FY2007–2026. Remaining filings are cases in other or pending statuses.
Top PERM Sponsors for Materials Engineers
| Employer | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Intel Corporation | 3,174 |
| Applied Materials, Inc. | 259 |
| Lam Research Corporation | 234 |
| Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | 215 |
| Micron Technology, Inc. | 178 |
| Apple Inc. | 74 |
| Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC | 68 |
| Im Flash Technologies, LLC | 52 |
| Kla-tencor Corporation | 36 |
| Omnivision Technologies, Inc. | 24 |
Ranked by total PERM filing volume for Materials Engineers roles, FY2007–2026.
Top States for Materials Engineers PERM Filings
| State | PERM Filings |
|---|---|
| Oregon | 2,854 |
| California | 1,355 |
| Arizona | 629 |
| New York | 375 |
| Texas | 346 |
| Idaho | 168 |
| Michigan | 159 |
| New Mexico | 157 |
| Massachusetts | 104 |
| Ohio | 90 |
Linked states have a full H-1B wage-level breakdown.
PERM vs. H-1B — What's the Difference?
PERM (ETA-9089) is the labor certification an employer must obtain from the Department of Labor before filing an employment-based green card petition (I-140) — the first formal step toward permanent residence.
An H-1B Labor Condition Application is a different filing for temporary work authorization. A company can file heavily in one and rarely in the other for the same occupation, so the figures above are not a restatement of Materials Engineers H-1B volume.See Materials Engineers H-1B data →
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PERM filing data aggregated from DOL PERM disclosure files (FY2007–2026) for Materials Engineers roles. Median wage computed across certified filings with usable annual-wage data between $10K and $5M.