🔬 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
8,704
FY2025
1,892
▲39%
Median pay
$185k
Intel
x86 CPUs & foundry
H-1B total
26,771
FY2025
2,827
▼25%
Median pay
$128k
AMD
CPUs, GPUs & data-center chips
H-1B total
5,336
FY2025
841
▲9%
Median pay
$150k
Qualcomm
Mobile SoCs & modems
H-1B total
18,645
FY2025
2,249
▲3%
Median pay
$136k
Broadcom
Networking & wireless chips
H-1B total
1,031
FY2025
93
▲21%
Median pay
$174k
Micron
Memory: DRAM & NAND
H-1B total
4,765
FY2025
652
▲39%
Median pay
$125k
Texas Instruments
Analog & embedded chips
H-1B total
1,806
FY2025
176
▲2%
Median pay
$138k
Applied Materials
Chip-fab equipment
H-1B total
3,745
FY2025
436
▼8%
Median pay
$150k
Lam Research
Wafer-fab equipment
H-1B total
1,892
FY2025
244
▲0%
Median pay
$137k
KLA
Chip process control
H-1B total
2,220
FY2025
344
▲57%
Median pay
$150k
Marvell
Data-infrastructure chips
H-1B total
2,486
FY2025
239
▲31%
Median pay
$152k
Analog Devices
Analog & mixed-signal
H-1B total
1,557
FY2025
308
▲111%
Median pay
$132k
GlobalFoundries
Contract chip foundry
H-1B total
1,845
FY2025
128
▲28%
Median pay
$109k
TSMC
World's largest foundry
H-1B total
599
FY2025
189
▲93%
Median pay
$110k
ASML
EUV lithography systems
H-1B total
3,091
FY2025
466
▲30%
Median pay
$126k
NXP Semiconductors
Automotive & edge chips
H-1B total
1,663
FY2025
206
▲21%
Median pay
$150k
Western Digital
Storage: NAND & drives
H-1B total
3,456
FY2025
235
▼57%
Median pay
$137k
Synopsys
Chip-design software (EDA)
H-1B total
1,935
FY2025
179
▼19%
Median pay
$151k
Cadence
Chip-design software (EDA)
H-1B total
2,366
FY2025
302
▲39%
Median pay
$152k
Arm
CPU architecture & IP
H-1B total
1,551
FY2025
294
▲75%
Median pay
$155k
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. See an omission? Browse all employers →