H-1B job title salary

Process Engineer

#40 most-filed title 1,344 certified LCAs filed under 28 occupations
Median salary
$112,715
Half earn more, half less
Middle 50%
$92,401 – $133,432
P25 to P75
Change vs prior year
+2.47%
-0.64% after inflation
Share of all H-1B
0.3%
1,344 filings

Process Engineer pay range

Annual base pay in certified H-1B filings for this title, all occupations combined.

P10$81,011
P25$92,401
Median$112,715
P75$133,432
P90$145,810
Median by H-1B wage level
Level I$82,160245 LCAs
Level II$101,839388 LCAs
Level III$133,432427 LCAs
Level IV$145,683111 LCAs

Level I is entry level, Level IV fully experienced (Department of Labor prevailing-wage levels).

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Process Engineer pay by occupation code

Employers file the same title under different SOC occupation codes, and pay differs between them. Each row is computed only within its SOC.

Materials Engineers 48%Industrial Engineers 30%Chemical Engineers 8%Mechanical Engineers 7%Engineers, All Other 1%Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 1%
Occupation (SOC) Share LCAs P25 Median P75
Materials Engineers 17-2131 47.99% 645 $104,000 $124,090 $133,432
Industrial Engineers 17-2112 30.43% 409 $84,340 $100,000 $116,390
Chemical Engineers 17-2041 8.11% 109 $90,000 $118,976 $138,403
Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 7.22% 97 $79,180 $96,408 $109,798
Engineers, All Other 17-2199 0.97% 13 $83,200 $121,000 $129,435
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 17-2031 0.89% 12 $103,620 $120,500 $131,562
Electrical Engineers 17-2071 0.52% 7 $125,926 $153,483 $159,000
Operations Research Analysts 15-2031 0.45% 6 $59,884 $78,856 $97,442
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 17-2072 0.37% 5 $128,250 $153,483 $168,643

Occupations with fewer than 5 filings for this title are not shown.

Top H-1B sponsors for Process Engineer

What the biggest sponsors pay for this title, compared with the median of all sponsors filing the same title in the same occupation.

Employer LCAs Median vs all sponsors
Intel
SOC 17-2131 · Materials Engineers
 451 $124,090 +0%
Tesla
SOC 17-2112 · Industrial Engineers
 94 $116,582 +16.6%
Lam Research
SOC 17-2131 · Materials Engineers
 55 $137,093 +10.5%
Asm
SOC 17-2131 · Materials Engineers
 44 $124,051 0%
Applied Materials
SOC 17-2131 · Materials Engineers
 35 $153,483 +23.7%
Tsmc Arizona
SOC 17-2131 · Materials Engineers
 17 $104,000 -16.2%
Rivian Automotive
SOC 17-2112 · Industrial Engineers
 12 $104,749 +4.8%
Rivian Automotive
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 10 $106,326 +10.3%
Applied Materials
SOC 17-2041 · Chemical Engineers
 10 $158,828 +33.5%
Applied Materials
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 9 $163,000 +69.1%
Tesla
SOC 17-2141 · Mechanical Engineers
 9 $117,000 +21.4%
Taurus Industrial
SOC 17-2131 · Materials Engineers
 6 $84,219 -32.1%
Applied Materials
SOC 17-2071 · Electrical Engineers
 5 $158,000 +2.9%

Exact titles grouped here

The most common versions of this title as employers wrote them (after removing job codes and typos), with their own medians.

  • Senior Process Engineer161 LCAs · median $120,441
  • Senior Process Engineer I34 LCAs · median $124,051
  • Process Engineer II31 LCAs · median $94,009
  • Process Engineer III14 LCAs · median $115,466
  • Process Engineer I12 LCAs · median $82,010
  • Senior Process Engineer II11 LCAs · median $138,986
  • Process Engineer IV5 LCAs · median $138,258

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