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Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC

Employer · Texas, United States

Employer address
Texas, United States
Applications on record
14
FY2025 applications
3
FY2026 to 30 June
2
Programmes
LCA
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$122,461
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC appears in 14 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 3.

Applications by fiscal year — Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC

23FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
23FY2010FY2013FY2016FY2019FY2022FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20101
FY20110
FY20120
FY20131
FY20140
FY20150
FY20160
FY20170
FY20181
FY20190
FY20201
FY20211
FY20222
FY20231
FY20241
FY20253
FY2026*2
Fiscal yearLCA
FY2026*2
FY20253
FY20241
FY20231
FY20222
FY20211
FY20201
FY20190
FY20181
FY20170
FY20160
FY20150
FY20140
FY20131
FY20120
FY20110
FY20101

Where the jobs are

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

Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC: applications by worksite state

14+14+14+14+14+
14+14+14+14+14+
Data table
StateApplications
TX14
Worksite states
  1. Texas14
Worksite cities
  1. Houston, TX13

What they hire for and pay

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

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Software Developers6
  2. Mechanical Engineers2
  3. Web and Digital Interface Designers1
  4. Operations Research Analysts1
  5. General and Operations Managers1
  6. Computer Occupations, All Other1
  7. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers1
  8. Electrical Engineers1
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Senior SQL Developer2
  2. Senior Controls and Automation Engineer2
  3. General Manager, Trucking Operations2
  4. Control System Software Developer1
  5. Senior Software Developer-fullstack1
  6. Engineer SR1
  7. Scientist Technology PDC1
  8. Control Systems Software Developer1

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

Median $122,461; middle half $106,474 to $138,634 · median prevailing wage $118,342 (marker) · 6 applications.

$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II1
  3. Level IV4

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)

23FY2011FY2013FY2018FY2020FY2022
23FY2011FY2013FY2018FY2020FY2022
Data table
FY20111
FY20131
FY20181
FY20201
FY20223
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20221020
FY20200010
FY20180010
FY20130010
FY20111000

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, LLP11

Among employers in Texas

Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC has 14 work visa applications on record (FY2010–FY2026), ranking #6,338 of 15,820 sponsoring employers in Texas and #60,810 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.00% of the applications filed by employers based in Texas.

Rank in Texas
6,338 of 15,820
Rank in the United States
60,810 of 168,030
Share of Texas's applications
0.00%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 213) in Texas
236
Largest sponsoring employers in Texas
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  3. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.53,212
  4. Tesla, Inc.17,540
  5. Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation16,060
  6. KPMG LLP12,376
  7. Oracle America, Inc.10,036
  8. Ericsson Inc.8,088
  9. Dallas Independent School District6,275
  10. AT&T Services, Inc.6,264