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Software Engineer at Applied Materials

Pay by year, the work locations, and the prevailing-wage level breakdown.

What does Applied Materials pay a Software Engineer on an H-1B?

$146k Applied Materials has filed 191 H-1B labor condition applications for the role of Software Engineer with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026 at a median base salary of $146k. Most of those filings fall between $124k and $174k. Base salary is the wage stated on the filing, not total compensation.

H-1B LCA filings
191
Median base salary
$146k
Middle 50%
$124k to $174k

Filings and pay by year

Software Engineer at Applied Materials, by fiscal year

Show the numbers behind this chart
Applied Materials Software Engineer H-1B filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)18$187k
FY202519$189k
FY202419$160k
FY202319$173k
FY202221$149k
FY202129$140k
FY202020$132k
FY201913$132k
FY201812$111k
FY201721$120k

A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.

Where this work is

Work locations named on the filings, most common first

LocationFilingsMedian base salary
Santa Clara, CA131$147k
Sunnyvale, CA25$144k
Austin, TX16$157k
Kalispell, MT5$113k
Gloucester, MA4$132k
Rochester, NY3$126k
Katy, TX2$182k
Chandler, AZ1$140k
Chicago, IL1$160k
Houston, TX1$175k
Salt Lake City, CA1$92k
Tempe, AZ1$123k

Prevailing-wage level

The experience level DOL assigns the role, I (entry) to IV (expert)

LevelFilingsMedian base salary
Level I10$102k
Level II47$122k
Level III38$146k
Level IV32$175k

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