H-1B sponsorCAUpdated Jul 2026

KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION. Filed 1,744 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2019 from worksites with a CA headquarters indicator.

Total filings

237

Outside top-N · FY2019

Certified

91.1%

unconditional · FY2019

Withdrawn

0.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2019

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2019

Summary

KLA-Tencor Corporation is a California-based technology company that has been a consistent H-1B sponsor since 2010. In fiscal year 2019, the company filed 237 H-1B petitions and achieved a 91.1% certification rate with zero withdrawals or denials.

Across all filings from 2010 to 2019, KLA-Tencor filed 1,744 total H-1B petitions with an all-time certification rate of 83.89%. The company's H-1B hiring focuses heavily on technical and engineering roles. Software developers account for the largest share of filings (620), followed by sales engineers (207), physicists (123), architectural and engineering managers (114), and mechanical engineers (98). This role distribution reflects a workforce concentrated in semiconductor process control, design, and advanced manufacturing technology.

The company's filing volume has generally trended upward, growing from 120 filings in 2010 to a peak of 237 in 2019, indicating expanding use of the H-1B program to recruit specialized talent in physics, software development, and engineering disciplines.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	83.9%
Cert-withdrawn	14.3%
Withdrawn	0.6%
Denied	1.1%

Certified83.9%

Cert-withdrawn14.3%

Withdrawn0.6%

Denied1.1%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	620
2	41-9031	Sales Engineers	207
3	19-2012	Physicists	123
4	11-9041	Architectural and Engineering Managers	114
5	17-2141	Mechanical Engineers	98
6	17-2071	Electrical Engineers	83
7	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	79
8	11-2021	Marketing Managers	63
9	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	54
10	15-1211	Computer Systems Analysts	54

Software Developers

620

Sales Engineers

207

Physicists

123

Architectural and Engineering Managers

114

Mechanical Engineers

Electrical Engineers

Computer Occupations, All Other

Marketing Managers

Computer and Information Systems Managers

Computer Systems Analysts

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	120
FY2011	173
FY2012	172
FY2013	164
FY2014	182
FY2015	103
FY2016	159
FY2017	199
FY2018	235
FY2019	237

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