KLA H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Semiconductor equipment · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Milpitas, CA HQ🌐 kla.com
Does KLA sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. KLA has filed 2,425 H-1B LCAs and 627 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 KLA filed 637 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $150,000, about 23% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 285 green-card cases were decided.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 293 | $150k |
| FY2025 | 344 | $150k |
| FY2024 | 219 | $150k |
| FY2023 | 193 | $140k |
| FY2022 | 279 | $140k |
| FY2021 | 206 | $127k |
| FY2020 | 228 | $119k |
| FY2019 | 251 | $119k |
| FY2018 | 227 | $114k |
| FY2017 | 185 | $110k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
- 1Software Engineer419$140k
- 2Applications Development Engineer168$112k
- 3Product Development Engineer167$127k
- 4Research Scientist148$130k
- 5Algorithm Engineer141$143k
- 6Field Applications Engineer113$100k
- 7Electrical Design Engineer98$137k
- 8Product Marketing Manager94$150k
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 117 | $143k |
| FY2025 | 168 | $136k |
| FY2024 | 32 | $119k |
| FY2023 | 62 | $141k |
| FY2022 | 74 | $134k |
| FY2021 | 49 | $127k |
| FY2020 | 31 | $121k |
| FY2019 | 21 | $124k |
| FY2018 | 49 | $116k |
| FY2017 | 24 | $108k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 578
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 756
- applications
- Most recent grant
- April 7, 2026
- Top area
- Generic processes or apparatus for the manufacture or treatment100
Pay against the local market
KLA’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 100% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | KLA pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineers, All Other | San Jose, CA | 252 | $140,975 | $146,007 | 97% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 221 | $148,751 | $168,473 | 88% |
| Mechanical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 195 | $132,018 | $131,876 | 100% |
| Electrical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 159 | $131,828 | $154,444 | 85% |
| Materials Engineers | San Jose, CA | 106 | $125,471 | $130,270 | 96% |
| Software Developers | Ann Arbor, MI | 104 | $108,660 | $107,133 | 101% |
| Sales Engineers | San Jose, CA | 101 | $149,647 | $152,804 | 98% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | San Jose, CA | 94 | $158,972 | $164,129 | 97% |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers | San Jose, CA | 73 | $172,689 | $205,603 | 84% |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | San Jose, CA | 52 | $152,475 | $185,567 | 82% |
About KLA
KLA makes the inspection and metrology tools that find defects during chip fabrication, helping fabs keep yields high. A specialized equipment leader and an H-1B sponsor.
- Name (DOL filings)
- KLA
- Listed
- Nasdaq: KLAC
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Headquarters
- One Technology Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035
- Industry
- Semiconductor equipment
- Employees (global)
- 17,000 (2026)
- Revenue FY2026
- $13.6B +12% from $12.2B
- Net income FY2026
- $4.8B +19% from $4.1B
- R&D FY2026
- $1.5B (11% of revenue)
KLA pays a median H-1B base of $131,063 across FY2017–2026, about 14% above the typical Semiconductor equipment sponsor.
