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Soil and Plant Scientists

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-1013 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-1013
Share of U.S. applications
0.07%
Applications on record
8,549
FY2025
504
Median offered wage
$65,000
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$65,000certified 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 Soil and Plant Scientists (SOC 19-1013). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Soil and Plant Scientists

291581FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
291581FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200827
FY2009168
FY2010571
FY2011576
FY2012581
FY2013523
FY2014536
FY2015506
FY2016492
FY2017487
FY2018473
FY2019464
FY2020428
FY2021413
FY2022438
FY2023487
FY2024476
FY2025504
FY2026*399
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2ALCAPERM
FY2026*0137523
FY20250247626
FY20240146213
FY20231146916
FY20222041917
FY20211039418
FY20200040721
FY20190044420
FY20180044132
FY20170046423
FY20160045141
FY20150247826
FY20140049244
FY20130050320
FY20120053249
FY20110054828
FY20100051556
FY20090014919
FY200800027
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. University of California, Davis449
  2. Monsanto Company419
  3. North Carolina State University261
  4. Michigan State University243
  5. Washington State University221
  6. University of Florida205
  7. Iowa State University of Science and Technology180
  8. The University of Georgia176
  9. North Dakota State University170
  10. Texas A&m Agrilife Research167
  11. Purdue University162
  12. The Curators of the University of Missouri147
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).

Soil and Plant Scientists: applications by worksite state

5+21+66+135+205+
5+21+66+135+205+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,506
MO561
TX503
NC443
IA363
FL347
IN298
NY296
WA285
MI263
GA210
ND205
MN197
NE195
TN185
OR181
WI175
IL162
KS145
OK138
AZ137
CO135
OH127
PA125
AR122
HI120
VA105
MD92
NJ91
KY86
MS72
DE69
MT66
MA62
ID56
SC54
CT51
AL49
WY41
NM39
SD32
UT26
ME21
AK20
LA20
NV18
VT13
PR10
MP8
NH7
WV6
GU5
DC5
Metropolitan areas
  1. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA492
  2. St. Louis, MO-IL412
  3. Raleigh-Cary, NC285
  4. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA271
  5. Lansing-East Lansing, MI226
  6. Ames, IA221
  7. Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN191
  8. Knoxville, TN162
  9. Ithaca, NY161
  10. Madison, WI143
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 $65,000; middle half $56,488 to $81,337 · median prevailing wage $56,493 (marker) · 1,274 applications.

$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
$40k$60k$80k$100k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I488
  2. Level II295
  3. Level III209
  4. Level IV134
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Postdoctoral Research Associate680
  2. Research Associate631
  3. Postdoctoral Scholar334
  4. Postdoctoral Associate304
  5. Research Scientist223
  6. Postdoctoral Fellow181
  7. Post Doctoral Research Associate177
  8. Assistant Project Scientist175
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.

  • Ames, IA
  • Corvallis, OR
  • Fargo, ND-MN
  • Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
  • Ithaca, NY
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
  • Lansing-East Lansing, MI
  • Lincoln, NE
  • Madison, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
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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