Visa Wage Index

Applied Materials, Inc.: Validation Engineers

Applied Materials, Inc. made 87 filings for this role, covering 110 positions, and across them filed wages of a median of $137,080 a year.

By place and level

WhereLevelWage yearFilingsPositions LowestMedianHighestPrevailing
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level III 2025-26 17 17 $145,205 $146,000 $166,557 $145,205
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level IV 2025-26 17 17 $170,248 $175,000 $207,785 $170,248
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level II 2025-26 14 14 $120,182 $125,990 $134,938 $120,182
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level III 2025-26 9 9 $111,717 $120,930 $134,596 $111,717
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level II 2025-26 7 7 $91,070 $98,781 $101,396 $90,563
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level IV 2025-26 6 6 $132,891 $137,080 $150,000 $132,891
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level III 2025-26 3 3 $122,329 $125,000 $137,500 $118,435
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $134,202 $134,202 $134,202 $134,202
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Level III 2025-26 1 1 $145,642 $145,642 $145,642 $123,885
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $173,774 $173,774 $173,774 $155,667
West Montana nonmetropolitan area Level IV 2025-26 1 1 $143,964 $143,964 $143,964 $108,867
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Level II 2025-26 1 1 $106,788 $106,788 $106,788 $102,669
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Level not stated 7 30 $106,875 $140,474 $170,000 $136,953
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Level not stated 1 1 $132,476 $132,476 $132,476 $131,023
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Level not stated 1 1 $153,655 $153,655 $153,655 $132,700

Each row is one wage level in one metro for one library year, because those are the things that make two filings comparable. The prevailing figure is for the year the filing itself cited.

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Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what this employer filed, not what it paid.