MediaTek H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Semiconductors · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
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Does MediaTek sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. MediaTek has filed 461 H-1B LCAs and 183 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 MediaTek filed 168 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $158,000, about 30% above the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 77 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) | 95 | $162k |
| FY2025 | 73 | $152k |
| FY2024 | 50 | $135k |
| FY2023 | 63 | $137k |
| FY2022 | 48 | $127k |
| FY2021 | 18 | $148k |
| FY2020 | 29 | $120k |
| FY2019 | 30 | $122k |
| FY2018 | 22 | $111k |
| FY2017 | 33 | $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
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) | 50 | $155k |
| FY2025 | 27 | $155k |
| FY2024 | 8 | $158k |
| FY2023 | 16 | $150k |
| FY2022 | 15 | $120k |
| FY2021 | 16 | $127k |
| FY2020 | 8 | $136k |
| FY2019 | 10 | $118k |
| FY2018 | 12 | $121k |
| FY2017 | 21 | $123k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 2
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 3
- applications
- Most recent grant
- May 3, 2011
- Top area
- Chemical or physical laboratory apparatus for general use1
Pay against the local market
MediaTek’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 99% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | MediaTek pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers | Austin, TX | 63 | $127,554 | $127,886 | 100% |
| Electronics Engineers | San Jose, CA | 45 | $166,498 | $171,528 | 97% |
| Software Developers | San Jose, CA | 41 | $152,670 | $174,593 | 87% |
| Electrical Engineers | Austin, TX | 38 | $140,147 | $116,799 | 120% |
| Electrical Engineers | San Jose, CA | 36 | $139,352 | $170,483 | 82% |
| Software Developers | San Diego, CA | 29 | $141,701 | $155,790 | 91% |
| Electrical Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 26 | $120,772 | $124,242 | 97% |
| Electronics Engineers | San Diego, CA | 23 | $155,705 | $152,574 | 102% |
| Electronics Engineers | Los Angeles, CA | 21 | $134,455 | $130,979 | 103% |
| Electrical Engineers | San Diego, CA | 20 | $124,300 | $127,030 | 98% |
About MediaTek
MediaTek is a semiconductors company based in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1997 and has about 17,377 employees worldwide. It is listed on Taiwan Stock Exchange as 2454.
- Name (DOL filings)
- MediaTek
- Listed
- Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2454
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- Hsinchu City, Taiwan
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Employees (US, est)
- 757 (2024)
- H-1B filings
- 461
- Median base
- $134,000
- Founded
- 1997
MediaTek pays a median H-1B base of $134,000 across FY2017–2026, about 10% above the typical Semiconductors sponsor.
Files 1 green-card application for every 2.5 H-1B filings, where a typical sponsor its size does 1 in 6.5.
H-1B sponsors similar to MediaTek
| Employer | Filings, all years | Recent filings | Median base | New employment | Level III-IV roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital | 3,901 | 412 | $142k | 328 | 42% |
| Marvell | 2,300 | 510 | $157k | 196 | 58% |
| GlobalFoundries | 1,931 | 223 | $110k | 79 | 55% |
| MediaTek | 461 | 168 | $158k | 74 | 66% |
| Silicon Laboratories | 417 | 54 | $147k | 12 | 60% |
| Ampere Computing | 408 | 93 | $164k | 25 | 55% |
| SanDisk | 406 | 402 | $139k | 286 | 40% |
