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Materials Engineer is a Gypsum Product Manufacturing job with over 11,758 current openings filled by an H1B employee. Most Materials Engineers are hired by companies in the Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers industry. The average H1B Materials Engineers job lasts 1,062 days.


Jobs Hired
11,758
Hiring Companies
2,539
Hiring Industries
511
Average Salary
$85,702
Approved
89%


What do Materials Engineers do?

Evaluate materials and develop machinery and processes to manufacture materials for use in products that must meet specialized design and performance specifications. Develop new uses for known materials. Includes those engineers working with composite materials or specializing in one type of material, such as graphite, metal and metal alloys, ceramics and glass, plastics and polymers, and naturally occurring materials. Includes metallurgists and metallurgical engineers, ceramic engineers, and welding engineers.

Source: O-NET OnLine



Top Materials Engineers Companies

Company # of Positions Industry Salary
Usg Corporation 2 Gypsum Product Manufacturing $96,824
Upwind Technology, Inc. 2 Engineering Services $56,555
University Of Texas - Pan American 2 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $20,238
University Of North Texas 2 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $50,419
University Of North Dakota 2 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $57,741
University Of Nevada, Reno 2 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $53,945
University Of Colorado 2 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $42,547
University Of California, Irvine 2 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $65,600
University Of California At Santa Barbara 2 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $64,876
United States Steel Corporation 2 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing $103,667

Top Materials Engineers Industries

Industry Jobs Salary
Sporting and Recreational Goods and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 2 $51,730
Specialized Design Services 2 $52,416
Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing 2 $64,688
Satellite Telecommunications 2 $126,173
Roofing Contractors 2 $56,972
Rolling Mill and Other Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing 2 $106,527
Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing 2 $63,659
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities 2 $93,715
Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing 2 $84,063
Precision Turned Product Manufacturing 2 $71,843

Materials Engineers Jobs Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

Materials Engineers has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where they hired 422 employees. This job peaked in 2022 with 1,664 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,537 in 2023.
Materials Engineers has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $71,220. This job peaked in 2023 with an average salary of $102,925, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.


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All NAICS data was obtained from the NAICS website.    All SOC data was obtained from the O*Net database.