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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Occupation · SOC 2018 17-2151 · United States

SOC 2018 code
17-2151
Share of U.S. applications
0.02%
Applications on record
2,565
FY2025
194
Median offered wage
$106,400
Certified (last three years)
98.7%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$106,400certified 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 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers (SOC 17-2151). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

97194FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
97194FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20084
FY200935
FY2010156
FY2011162
FY2012147
FY2013167
FY2014188
FY2015140
FY2016130
FY2017141
FY2018112
FY2019148
FY2020132
FY2021120
FY2022137
FY2023128
FY2024159
FY2025194
FY2026*165
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*013728
FY2025014450
FY2024014316
FY2023011315
FY2022012710
FY2021010416
FY2020012111
FY2019013612
FY201809814
FY2017012615
FY2016011416
FY2015212711
FY2014116522
FY2013015710
FY2012012324
FY2011014319
FY2010013818
FY20090287
FY2008004
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. Freeport-mcmoran Morenci Inc.103
  2. Nevada Gold Mines LLC71
  3. Kennecott Utah Copper LLC71
  4. Newmont International Services Limited66
  5. Freeport Minerals Corporation66
  6. Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.61
  7. Northern Star (POGO) LLC57
  8. SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc.44
  9. Newmont USA Limited39
  10. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.39
  11. Freeport-mcmoran Safford Inc.36
  12. Climax Molybdenum Company34
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).

Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
AZ478
NV345
CO307
TX268
UT173
AK126
PA80
CA70
MN67
VA52
TN49
IL41
NY38
WV36
WA35
NM31
KY28
MD28
FL25
OH22
GA22
SC22
MO19
WY19
NE17
ID16
LA15
NC13
CT12
IN12
MI11
OK10
NJ9
SD8
GU7
MS7
MT7
AR6
OR5
AL5
MA5
IA3
WI3
DC3
ME2
VT2
DE2
ND2
RI1
KS1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO242
  2. Elko, NV204
  3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX188
  4. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT156
  5. Tucson, AZ156
  6. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ120
  7. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI63
  8. Fairbanks-College, AK57
  9. Pittsburgh, PA55
  10. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV44
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 $106,400; middle half $88,200 to $134,861 · median prevailing wage $95,306 (marker) · 415 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I128
  2. Level II79
  3. Level III57
  4. Level IV155
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Mining Engineer160
  2. Mine Engineer I56
  3. Mine Engineer II54
  4. Geological Engineer50
  5. Senior Mine Engineer38
  6. Senior Mining Engineer37
  7. Mine Engineer35
  8. Project Engineer33
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.

  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Elko, NV
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
  • Tucson, AZ
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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