Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita Inc. H-1B wage filings

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

Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita Inc. filed 34 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026, covering 38 positions. The median wage it offered was $90,917, 12.7% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Mechanical Engineer II (3 filings, median $93,400).

Filings since FY2020
34
Positions covered
38
Certified
100.0%
Job titles
20
Worksite cities
1
Last filed
FY2026

Offered wage since 2020

Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 16%, from $80,200 in fiscal 2020 to $93,300 in fiscal 2022. In fiscal 2022 it was 12.7% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2021, with 9 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k$80k$87k$93k$79k$91k$122k52020920216202242023220244202542026*

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

Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita Inc. by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)4$121,650+33.7%$115,634+5.6%
20254$91,000n/a$81,806+8.4%
20242n/an/an/an/a
20234$79,400−14.9%$64,803+25.6%
20226$93,300+7.1%$84,511+12.7%
20219$87,100+8.6%$79,123+13.9%
20205$80,200n/a$79,165at the minimum

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Mechanical Engineer II3$93,400+8.6%
Metallurgist II3$90,834+4.2%
Communications Specialist2$77,800+30.6%
Geotechnical Engineer I2$80,300+19.3%
Geotechnical Engineer II2$100,400+18.6%
Mechanical Engineer I2$73,697+7.5%
Metallurgist I2$80,300+13.1%
Mine Engineer I2$87,600+8.7%
Mine Engineer II2$107,900+15.1%
Process Automation Engineer I2$90,995+15.1%
Reliability Engineer I2$83,250+11.8%
Senior Process Automation Engineer2$115,850+6.7%
Electrical Engineer I1$86,000+10.5%
Electrical Engineer II1$90,000+18.2%
General Manager Sierrita1$200,000+0.7%
Process Automation Engineer II1$99,600+24.4%
Reliability Engineer II1$93,200+12.3%
Senior Electrical Engineer1$115,500+15.3%
Senior Geotechnical Engineer1$105,600+17.2%
Senior Metallurgist1$112,000+22.7%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
Green Valley, AZ34$90,917

By visa type: 33 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 34 certified.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry39%
Level II, qualified48%
Level III, experienced9%
Level IV, fully competent3%

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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