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Atmospheric and Space Scientists

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-2021 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-2021
Share of U.S. applications
0.02%
Applications on record
2,769
FY2025
203
Median offered wage
$93,392
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$93,392certified 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 Atmospheric and Space Scientists (SOC 19-2021). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Atmospheric and Space Scientists

102203FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
102203FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20083
FY200951
FY2010184
FY2011143
FY2012137
FY2013182
FY2014194
FY2015158
FY2016188
FY2017128
FY2018132
FY2019111
FY2020144
FY2021131
FY2022164
FY2023187
FY2024165
FY2025203
FY2026*164
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1640
FY20252012
FY20241650
FY20231861
FY20221631
FY20211301
FY20201440
FY20191101
FY20181311
FY20171217
FY20161853
FY20151544
FY20141913
FY201316220
FY201212611
FY20111412
FY201017212
FY2009492
FY200803
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 Corporation313
  2. University of Maryland College Park292
  3. Battelle Memorial Institute151
  4. University of Colorado86
  5. The Trustees of Princeton University80
  6. University of California, Los Angeles78
  7. California Institute of Technology67
  8. Universities Space Research Association62
  9. Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC62
  10. Science Systems and Applications, Inc.62
  11. Battelle62
  12. University of Oklahoma54
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).

Atmospheric and Space Scientists: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
MD561
CA462
CO409
WA232
NY173
NJ114
MA98
VA74
TX67
MI58
FL53
OK53
WI53
PA45
IL41
NM35
NC28
AK25
NH19
CT17
HI14
WY14
TN12
DC12
GA11
AL11
AZ8
IN8
KY7
UT6
IA6
SC6
NV5
MS4
KS4
ID4
WV4
RI3
ND3
OH3
PR2
ME2
MN2
MT1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV537
  2. Boulder, CO366
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA238
  4. Kennewick-Richland, WA196
  5. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ150
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH117
  7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA98
  8. Trenton-Princeton, NJ98
  9. Ann Arbor, MI55
  10. Oklahoma City, OK53
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 $93,392; middle half $74,276 to $113,115 · median prevailing wage $78,291 (marker) · 504 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I216
  2. Level II85
  3. Level III132
  4. Level IV26
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Associate221
  2. Research Scientist179
  3. Postdoctoral Research Associate139
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow131
  5. Assistant Research Scientist109
  6. Project Scientist I97
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar77
  8. Postdoctoral Associate69
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.

  • Boulder, CO
  • Kennewick-Richland, WA
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-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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