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Mathematicians

Occupation · SOC 2018 15-2021 · United States

SOC 2018 code
15-2021
Share of U.S. applications
0.06%
Applications on record
6,958
FY2025
262
Median offered wage
$110,000
Certified (last three years)
99.7%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$110,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Mathematicians (SOC 15-2021). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Mathematicians

363726FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
363726FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200833
FY200988
FY2010328
FY2011316
FY2012281
FY2013258
FY2014304
FY2015361
FY2016559
FY2017588
FY2018726
FY2019594
FY2020491
FY2021508
FY2022422
FY2023374
FY2024255
FY2025262
FY2026*210
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2028
FY202524418
FY20242532
FY202336410
FY202240022
FY202148325
FY202045041
FY201956529
FY201868541
FY201753157
FY201647881
FY201533328
FY201428717
FY201323622
FY201226021
FY201126947
FY201027256
FY20095830
FY2008033
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Microsoft Corporation819
  2. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.554
  3. Facebook, Inc.226
  4. MPG Operations LLC145
  5. Bloomberg, LP122
  6. Triad National Security, LLC88
  7. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP82
  8. Los Alamos National Security, LLC71
  9. Citibank, N.A.57
  10. The University of Texas at Austin53
  11. Harvard University52
  12. The Trustees of Princeton University49
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Mathematicians: applications by worksite state

1+8+15+50+127+
1+8+15+50+127+
Data table
StateApplications
NY1,579
CA1,093
WA859
NC441
MA405
TX380
IL351
NJ213
NM180
PA129
FL127
MI124
MD108
VA101
CT92
TN91
CO88
GA75
OH60
RI54
MN50
NV41
DE31
DC30
IN30
MO22
WI19
LA16
AZ15
OR15
UT15
IA14
AL13
WY13
NE13
OK10
KS9
SC9
NH9
KY8
ID7
VT5
MS3
HI3
ND2
AR2
WV2
MT1
AK1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,616
  2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA830
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA513
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH387
  5. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC359
  6. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA354
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN329
  8. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX192
  9. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA161
  10. Los Alamos, NM157
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $110,000; middle half $77,327 to $157,893 · median prevailing wage $92,976 (marker) · 680 applications.

$60k$100k$140k$180k$220k
$60k$100k$140k$180k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I167
  2. Level II241
  3. Level III134
  4. Level IV131
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Data Scientist414
  2. Research Scientist315
  3. Postdoctoral Research Associate220
  4. Quantitative Analyst179
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow143
  6. Postdoctoral Associate142
  7. Quantitative Researcher136
  8. Research Associate133
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Alamos, NM
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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