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Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Employer · Texas, United States

Employer address
Texas, United States
Applications on record
413
FY2025 applications
34
FY2026 to 30 June
27
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.2%
Median offered wage
$150,000
Most common occupation
Petroleum Engineers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.2%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Occidental Petroleum Corporation appears in 413 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 34.

Applications by fiscal year — Occidental Petroleum Corporation

2754FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2754FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY201536
FY201629
FY201730
FY201839
FY201940
FY202024
FY202154
FY202228
FY202333
FY202439
FY202534
FY2026*27
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*243
FY2025304
FY2024336
FY2023267
FY2022244
FY20214014
FY20201311
FY20192812
FY20182613
FY20171614
FY20161118
FY20152214

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Occidental Petroleum Corporation: applications by worksite state

1+1+1+3+13+
1+1+1+3+13+
Data table
StateApplications
TX395
CA13
TN3
KS1
NM1
Worksite states
  1. Texas395
  2. California13
  3. Tennessee3
  4. Kansas1
  5. New Mexico1
Worksite cities
  1. Houston, TX350
  2. The Woodlands, TX25
  3. Midland, TX9
  4. Bakersfield, CA7
  5. Katy, TX4
  6. Knoxville, TN3
  7. Tupman, CA2
  8. Wichita, KS1
  9. Levelland, TX1
  10. Long Beach, CA1

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Petroleum Engineers120
  2. Computer Occupations, All Other48
  3. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers41
  4. Architectural and Engineering Managers17
  5. Software Developers17
  6. Chemical Engineers17
  7. Computer Systems Analysts14
  8. Industrial Engineers10
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Advisor IT Systems14
  2. Reservoir Engineer7
  3. Expert IT Systems7
  4. Project Manager6
  5. Advisor IT Industrial Control6
  6. IT Systems Advisor6
  7. IT Advisor5
  8. Senior Reservoir Engineer5

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $150,000; middle half $130,000 to $180,000 · median prevailing wage $121,160 (marker) · 85 applications.

$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
$100k$135k$170k$205k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I19
  2. Level II18
  3. Level III5
  4. Level IV41

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India24
  2. Colombia19
  3. Canada12
  4. Pakistan6
  5. Mexico5
  6. China5
  7. Venezuela5

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

1938FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
1938FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY20121
FY20132
FY201425
FY201538
FY201610
FY201710
FY201815
FY201919
FY202010
FY202126
FY202218
FY20233
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20231120
FY202270110
FY202150210
FY20208020
FY201910090
FY201830121
FY20172080
FY201600100
FY201530350
FY2014100150
FY20130020
FY20120010

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP338

Records under the same legal name

Other employer records in the filings with exactly this name. Each is kept separate: before FY2024 the filings carry no employer tax number, so records are grouped by name and state, and no official identifier shows that these are the same company.

RecordStateApplicationsYears
Occidental Petroleum CorporationCalifornia76FY2008–FY2015

Among employers in Texas

Occidental Petroleum Corporation has 413 work visa applications on record (FY2015–FY2026), ranking #376 of 15,820 sponsoring employers in Texas and #3,451 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.03% of the applications filed by employers based in Texas.

Rank in Texas
376 of 15,820
Rank in the United States
3,451 of 168,030
Share of Texas's applications
0.03%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 211) in Texas
124
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