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🔬 Chipmakers

Semiconductor designers, memory makers, foundries, and the equipment and design-software firms behind every chip. Membership is hand-picked; everything about each company (filings, the roles they hire, and pay) is pulled live from U.S. Department of Labor data, FY2017–2026.

Nvidia
GPUs & AI compute
H-1B total
9,884
FY2025
1,889
▲39%
Median pay
$185k
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Intel
x86 CPUs & foundry
H-1B total
27,321
FY2025
2,824
▼25%
Median pay
$128k
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AMD
CPUs, GPUs & data-center chips
H-1B total
5,615
FY2025
867
▲12%
Median pay
$148k
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Qualcomm
Mobile SoCs & modems
H-1B total
18,813
FY2025
2,249
▲3%
Median pay
$136k
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Broadcom
Networking & wireless chips
H-1B total
1,320
FY2025
122
▲28%
Median pay
$176k
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Micron
Memory: DRAM & NAND
H-1B total
5,315
FY2025
645
▲38%
Median pay
$125k
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Texas Instruments
Analog & embedded chips
H-1B total
1,877
FY2025
173
▲3%
Median pay
$138k
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Applied Materials
Chip-fab equipment
H-1B total
4,098
FY2025
435
▼8%
Median pay
$150k
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Lam Research
Wafer-fab equipment
H-1B total
2,063
FY2025
244
▲0%
Median pay
$137k
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KLA
Chip process control
H-1B total
2,425
FY2025
344
▲57%
Median pay
$150k
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Marvell
Data-infrastructure chips
H-1B total
2,300
FY2025
239
▲32%
Median pay
$152k
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Analog Devices
Analog & mixed-signal
H-1B total
1,685
FY2025
308
▲111%
Median pay
$132k
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GlobalFoundries
Contract chip foundry
H-1B total
1,931
FY2025
126
▲27%
Median pay
$108k
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TSMC
World's largest foundry
H-1B total
782
FY2025
189
▲93%
Median pay
$110k
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ASML
EUV lithography systems
H-1B total
4,004
FY2025
466
▲28%
Median pay
$126k
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NXP Semiconductors
Automotive & edge chips
H-1B total
1,692
FY2025
206
▲21%
Median pay
$150k
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Western Digital
Storage: NAND & drives
H-1B total
3,901
FY2025
235
▼57%
Median pay
$137k
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Synopsys
Chip-design software (EDA)
H-1B total
1,988
FY2025
179
▼19%
Median pay
$151k
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Cadence
Chip-design software (EDA)
H-1B total
2,560
FY2025
300
▲40%
Median pay
$152k
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Arm
CPU architecture & IP
H-1B total
1,610
FY2025
291
▲73%
Median pay
$155k
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Curated cohorts are editorial: there is no sector or funding field in the DOL data, so we hand-pick the companies and let the filings speak. Counts use a precise employer-name match; a company filing under multiple legal entities may be undercounted.