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Materials Scientists

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-2032 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-2032
Share of U.S. applications
0.12%
Applications on record
14,038
FY2025
854
Median offered wage
$88,850
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$88,850certified 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 Materials Scientists (SOC 19-2032). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Materials Scientists

453906FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
453906FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200850
FY2009263
FY2010906
FY2011879
FY2012826
FY2013732
FY2014814
FY2015871
FY2016887
FY2017872
FY2018837
FY2019841
FY2020794
FY2021759
FY2022756
FY2023709
FY2024720
FY2025854
FY2026*668
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*64028
FY202582232
FY202470317
FY202368920
FY202273422
FY202171742
FY202076826
FY201980239
FY201878057
FY201782349
FY201681770
FY201580962
FY201474569
FY201368250
FY201276264
FY201178297
FY2010784122
FY200920756
FY2008050
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. Ut-battelle, LLC719
  2. Brookhaven National Laboratory361
  3. Northwestern University294
  4. Iowa State University of Science and Technology264
  5. The Dow Chemical Company241
  6. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory228
  7. Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.190
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology179
  9. Battelle Memorial Institute175
  10. University of Maryland College Park169
  11. Uchicago Argonne, LLC166
  12. The Pennsylvania State University160
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).

Materials Scientists: applications by worksite state

2+25+70+181+377+
2+25+70+181+377+
Data table
StateApplications
CA2,238
NY1,277
TX1,192
TN1,065
MA920
IL797
PA543
OH542
WA451
MI415
MD377
NJ293
IA285
GA265
NC255
CO244
CT243
DE232
WI200
MN191
NM181
FL172
AZ151
IN139
SC136
MO127
VA125
ID123
OR99
UT79
LA70
MS66
WV65
AL64
KY60
OK56
KS55
AR41
ND26
DC26
NH25
NE21
NV20
RI17
HI16
SD15
ME14
VT12
MT6
PR2
WY2
Metropolitan areas
  1. Knoxville, TN977
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ839
  3. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA721
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA714
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH654
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN622
  7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX572
  8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD431
  9. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA426
  10. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV331
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 $88,850; middle half $68,053 to $118,000 · median prevailing wage $72,488 (marker) · 2,101 applications.

$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I714
  2. Level II565
  3. Level III499
  4. Level IV228
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Postdoctoral Research Associate713
  2. Research Scientist609
  3. Research Associate580
  4. Materials Scientist554
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow521
  6. Postdoctoral Associate419
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar302
  8. Scientist171
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.

  • Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
  • Ames, IA
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Idaho Falls, ID
  • Kennewick-Richland, WA
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Los Alamos, NM
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Madison, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • State College, PA
  • 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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