Lam Research Corporation green card sponsorship data
Between October 2024 and June 2026, DOL decided 161 PERM labor certifications filed by Lam Research Corporation. Here are its approval rate, processing time, salaries and most sponsored jobs.
At a glance
Lam Research Corporation ranks #160 among 1,211 employers with 25 or more decided PERM cases.
Its approval rate of 100.0% compares with 97% nationally, and its median of 499 days from filing to approval is 14 days slower than the national median (faster than 12% of employers).
17% of its cases are Materials Engineers, and 67% of the jobs are in California (mostly Fremont).
100.0% are professional positions (G-100), usually filed as EB-2 or EB-3 professional and skilled worker cases.
Its busiest month was February 2026, with 25 decisions.
Most sponsored jobs
| Job title | Cases |
|---|---|
| Process Engineer (Multiple Positions) | 21 |
| Field Service Engineer | 18 |
| Process Engineer | 12 |
| Technical Program Manager | 11 |
| Product Engineer (Multiple Positions) | 10 |
| Product Engineer | 5 |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 5 |
| Mechanical Engineer | 5 |
Occupations (SOC)
| SOC | Cases |
|---|---|
| Materials Engineers | 28 |
| Manufacturing Engineers | 27 |
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians | 15 |
| Electrical Engineers | 14 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 12 |
Where the jobs are
| State | Cases |
|---|---|
| California | 108 |
| Oregon | 46 |
| Texas | 2 |
| Arizona | 2 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 |
| City | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fremont | 106 |
| Tualatin | 28 |
| Hillsboro | 18 |
| Austin | 2 |
| Chandler | 2 |
Decisions
| Certified | 97 |
| Certified-Expired | 56 |
| Denied | 0 |
| Withdrawn | 8 |
Certified-Expired means the certification passed its 180-day window; most of these were used for an I-140 and show as expired in the data, so they count as approved. Approval rate = approved ÷ (approved + denied), withdrawals excluded.
Cases decided per month
Other employers sponsoring Materials Engineers
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| TSMC Arizona Corporation | 80 | 100.0% |
Other sponsors in California
| Employer | Cases | Approval rate |
|---|---|---|
| Wal-mart Associates, Inc. | 1,564 | 99.9% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 1,461 | 93% |
| Intel Corporation | 1,365 | 99.9% |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 1,290 | 99.8% |
| Apple Inc. | 1,286 | 99.7% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 932 | 99.8% |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC PERM disclosure data, decisions from October 2024 – June 2026. Only decided cases are included; pending cases are not in the disclosure data.
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