Nuclear Engineers
Occupation · SOC 2018 17-2161 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 17-2161
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.01%
- Applications on record
- 1,134
- FY2025
- 87
- Median offered wage
- $116,000
- Certified (last three years)
- 100.0%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Nuclear Engineers (SOC 17-2161). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Nuclear Engineers
Data table
| FY2008 | 14 |
| FY2009 | 34 |
| FY2010 | 73 |
| FY2011 | 70 |
| FY2012 | 68 |
| FY2013 | 61 |
| FY2014 | 71 |
| FY2015 | 61 |
| FY2016 | 60 |
| FY2017 | 56 |
| FY2018 | 59 |
| FY2019 | 50 |
| FY2020 | 53 |
| FY2021 | 48 |
| FY2022 | 75 |
| FY2023 | 64 |
| FY2024 | 72 |
| FY2025 | 87 |
| FY2026* | 58 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 56 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 81 | 6 |
| FY2024 | 71 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 63 | 1 |
| FY2022 | 70 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 46 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 48 | 5 |
| FY2019 | 48 | 2 |
| FY2018 | 53 | 6 |
| FY2017 | 50 | 6 |
| FY2016 | 45 | 15 |
| FY2015 | 56 | 5 |
| FY2014 | 62 | 9 |
| FY2013 | 57 | 4 |
| FY2012 | 50 | 18 |
| FY2011 | 63 | 7 |
| FY2010 | 65 | 8 |
| FY2009 | 30 | 4 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 14 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC151
- Ut-battelle, LLC150
- Uchicago Argonne, LLC114
- Westinghouse Electric Company40
- University of Michigan38
- Holtec International28
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities25
- North Carolina State University21
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology20
- Brookhaven National Laboratory19
- Framatome Inc.18
- Triad National Security, LLC18
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Nuclear Engineers: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| TN | 192 |
| ID | 148 |
| IL | 129 |
| MI | 56 |
| CA | 56 |
| TX | 54 |
| PA | 44 |
| NY | 43 |
| VA | 38 |
| WA | 38 |
| NM | 37 |
| NJ | 36 |
| MA | 34 |
| NC | 33 |
| WI | 29 |
| MD | 29 |
| OR | 21 |
| DC | 18 |
| SC | 18 |
| IN | 15 |
| FL | 14 |
| GA | 11 |
| MO | 7 |
| MS | 7 |
| OH | 7 |
| AL | 5 |
| CO | 4 |
| CT | 4 |
| MN | 3 |
| KS | 2 |
| UT | 1 |
| AZ | 1 |
- Knoxville, TN191
- Idaho Falls, ID147
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN106
- Ann Arbor, MI46
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV40
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD35
- Kennewick-Richland, WA33
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH33
- Pittsburgh, PA33
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA27
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $116,000; middle half $92,144 to $138,408 · median prevailing wage $85,717 (marker) · 205 applications.
- Level I55
- Level II58
- Level III49
- Level IV39
- Nuclear Engineer124
- Postdoctoral Research Associate26
- Research Scientist20
- Assistant Research Scientist20
- Engineer17
- Research Associate Postdoctoral15
- Senior Nuclear Engineer14
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow14
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Knoxville, TN
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