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Food Scientists and Technologists

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-1012 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-1012
Share of U.S. applications
0.08%
Applications on record
10,159
FY2025
552
Median offered wage
$87,700
Certified (last three years)
98.0%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$87,700certified 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 Food Scientists and Technologists (SOC 19-1012). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Food Scientists and Technologists

358715FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
358715FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200857
FY2009153
FY2010527
FY2011569
FY2012632
FY2013496
FY2014595
FY2015578
FY2016680
FY2017676
FY2018715
FY2019710
FY2020536
FY2021591
FY2022586
FY2023500
FY2024497
FY2025552
FY2026*509
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*041990
FY2025048963
FY2024044651
FY2023143465
FY2022052561
FY2021049299
FY2020047066
FY2019064268
FY2018161797
FY20170570106
FY20160565115
FY2015150275
FY2014051976
FY2013044551
FY2012054983
FY2011249176
FY2010043394
FY2009011142
FY20080057
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. Kerry Inc.223
  2. David Oppenheimer & Company I, LLC152
  3. Kellogg North America Company132
  4. General Mills, Inc.112
  5. Pepsico, Inc.105
  6. Impossible Foods Inc.89
  7. Leprino Foods Company78
  8. Novitium Pharma LLC.77
  9. Nestle R&D Center, Inc.75
  10. Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.74
  11. Archer Daniels Midland Company60
  12. University of California, Davis58
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).

Food Scientists and Technologists: applications by worksite state

1+18+52+114+248+
1+18+52+114+248+
Data table
StateApplications
CA2,159
NJ899
IL854
NY699
WI444
TX427
MI325
MN317
PA309
OH289
FL251
WA248
GA232
MA199
MO177
CO175
IA170
NC166
MD158
ID148
IN138
VA114
UT107
SD102
OR91
AR84
KS82
CT76
AZ70
NE68
TN64
SC62
MS52
KY48
ND45
VT43
OK31
LA30
DE28
ME25
AL24
HI22
NM18
DC18
NH16
RI14
NV12
AK9
PR8
MP6
MT4
WY1
GU1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,116
  2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN751
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA680
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA513
  5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD289
  6. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI266
  7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX234
  8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH169
  9. Janesville-Beloit, WI169
  10. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA160
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 $87,700; middle half $71,656 to $110,250 · median prevailing wage $78,582 (marker) · 1,305 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I345
  2. Level II372
  3. Level III294
  4. Level IV305
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Food Scientist598
  2. Food Technologist319
  3. Quality Assurance Manager191
  4. Research Scientist144
  5. Research Associate104
  6. Senior Scientist97
  7. Postdoctoral Research Associate95
  8. Scientist94
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.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Janesville-Beloit, WI
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Twin Falls, ID
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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