TSMC H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Semiconductors · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Hsinchu / Phoenix, AZ HQ📍 Phoenix, AZ most H-1B filings🌐 tsmc.com
Does TSMC sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. TSMC has filed 782 H-1B LCAs and 225 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 TSMC filed 380 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $111,180, about 9% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 124 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) | 191 | $112k |
| FY2025 | 189 | $110k |
| FY2024 | 98 | $120k |
| FY2023 | 63 | $126k |
| FY2022 | 55 | $111k |
| FY2021 | 61 | $96k |
| FY2020 | 40 | $112k |
| FY2019 | 35 | $107k |
| FY2018 | 24 | $100k |
| FY2017 | 26 | $88k |
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) | 86 | $109k |
| FY2025 | 38 | $121k |
| FY2024 | 14 | $126k |
| FY2023 | 8 | $117k |
| FY2022 | 15 | $117k |
| FY2021 | 18 | $109k |
| FY2020 | 5 | $107k |
| FY2019 | 15 | $107k |
| FY2018 | 13 | $111k |
| FY2017 | 13 | $92k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Pay against the local market
TSMC’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 93% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | TSMC pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronics Engineers | San Jose, CA | 189 | $119,984 | $160,912 | 75% |
| Materials Engineers | Phoenix, AZ | 138 | $105,736 | $110,646 | 96% |
| Mechanical Engineers | Phoenix, AZ | 115 | $101,940 | $101,307 | 101% |
| Electronics Engineers | Austin, TX | 84 | $130,975 | $128,073 | 102% |
| Industrial Engineers | Phoenix, AZ | 30 | $107,542 | $109,067 | 99% |
| Software Developers | Phoenix, AZ | 20 | $108,291 | $118,195 | 92% |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | Phoenix, AZ | 13 | $104,668 | $115,590 | 91% |
| Electrical Engineers | Phoenix, AZ | 13 | $97,978 | $103,872 | 94% |
| Data Scientists | San Jose, CA | 13 | $117,474 | $173,160 | 68% |
| Accountants and Auditors | Phoenix, AZ | 10 | $81,619 | $79,864 | 102% |
About TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is the world’s largest contract chip foundry and is building advanced fabs in Arizona. Its US operations hire and sponsor engineers for the new sites.
- Name (DOL filings)
- TSMC
- Listed
- NYSE: TSM
- Sponsoring since
- FY2017 or earlier
- Headquarters
- No. 8, Li-Hsin Road 6, Hsinchu
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Employees (US, est)
- 3,034 (2024)
- Revenue FY2024
- TWD 2894.3B +34% from TWD 2161.7B
- Net income FY2024
- TWD 1157.5B +36% from TWD 851.0B
- R&D FY2024
- TWD 204.2B (7% of revenue)
Spends 7% of revenue on R&D, against a 19% median across the 65 Semiconductors & Related Devices filers we hold SEC data for.
TSMC pays a median H-1B base of $111,063 across FY2017–2026, about 9% below the typical Semiconductors sponsor.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | 5,615 | 1,385 | $148k | 327 | 62% |
| Micron | 5,315 | 1,186 | $128k | 510 | 50% |
| Western Digital | 3,901 | 412 | $142k | 328 | 42% |
| TSMC | 782 | 380 | $111k | 285 | 30% |
| Qorvo | 767 | 122 | $116k | 56 | 32% |
| Cirrus Logic | 744 | 147 | $155k | 36 | 77% |
| Maxim Integrated | 708 | 7 | $120k | 3 | — |
