Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC H-1B wage filings

Houston, TX. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC filed 15 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $125,000, 21.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Safety Specialist (PHA Facilitator) (3 filings, median $113,300).

Filings since FY2020
15
Positions covered
15
Certified
100.0%
Job titles
9
Worksite cities
7
Last filed
FY2026

Offered wage since 2020

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC made 15 filings across 7 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 5 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k$140k$113k22020320215202222023120241202512026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)1n/an/an/an/a
20251n/an/an/an/a
20241n/an/an/an/a
20232n/an/an/an/a
20225$113,300−19.1%$101,566+21.7%
20213$140,000n/a$124,072+38.9%
20202n/an/an/an/a

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Safety Specialist (PHA Facilitator)3$113,300+21.7%
CAE Engineer (Sr. Applications Technology Engineer)2$118,750+27.1%
Sr. Application Development Scientist- Medical Textiles2$155,000+28.8%
Senior Mechanical Engineer2$126,719+22.8%
Data Scientist1$140,000+5.4%
Principal Application Technology Engineer1$195,418+82.7%
Process Technology Engineer II1$90,000+14.7%
Product Development Scientist II1$108,150+6.5%
Product Technology Scientist II1$92,610+11.8%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
Houston, TX4$119,457
Cantonment, FL3$92,610
Royal Oak, MI3$120,000
Decatur, AL2$126,719
Catonment, FL1$108,150
Kingsport, TN1$155,000
Louisville, KY1$185,000

By visa type: 15 H-1B. By outcome: 11 certified, 4 certified and later withdrawn.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry0%
Level II, qualified47%
Level III, experienced7%
Level IV, fully competent47%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.

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