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Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-2041 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-2041
Share of U.S. applications
0.06%
Applications on record
6,672
FY2025
606
Median offered wage
$81,008
Certified (last three years)
99.0%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$81,008certified 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 Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (SOC 19-2041). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

303606FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
303606FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200835
FY2009133
FY2010471
FY2011359
FY2012388
FY2013297
FY2014306
FY2015338
FY2016309
FY2017326
FY2018330
FY2019324
FY2020281
FY2021353
FY2022438
FY2023481
FY2024515
FY2025606
FY2026*382
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*34636
FY202556442
FY202450114
FY202346219
FY202241325
FY202132627
FY202026813
FY201930420
FY201829139
FY201730125
FY201626445
FY201530533
FY201426739
FY201327225
FY201234147
FY201132435
FY201041358
FY200911320
FY2008035
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. Trinity Consultants, Inc.237
  2. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP144
  3. Arcadis U.S., Inc.95
  4. World Resources Institute94
  5. California Air Resources Board68
  6. University of Colorado63
  7. A & B Environmental Services, Inc.58
  8. Brookhaven National Laboratory56
  9. Icf Incorporated, LLC55
  10. Battelle Memorial Institute50
  11. Environ International Corporation46
  12. Harvard University45
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).

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA1,213
TX804
NY606
NJ372
DC342
MA327
WA227
MD180
CO180
VA177
FL172
NC165
IL160
GA142
MI132
PA119
AZ112
LA94
OH90
IN85
MN81
WI74
TN66
OR61
CT59
HI52
MO47
SC43
NV40
UT40
NM40
IA37
AL36
KS36
NE30
OK26
DE20
KY20
MS17
AK15
NH14
MT14
WV13
AR12
VT10
ME10
RI10
SD9
GU9
WY9
ID8
ND5
VI5
PR3
MP2
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ803
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV561
  3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX461
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA435
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA301
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH284
  7. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA162
  8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA138
  9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA129
  10. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN108
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 $81,008; middle half $68,000 to $104,073 · median prevailing wage $71,968 (marker) · 1,352 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I455
  2. Level II424
  3. Level III192
  4. Level IV179
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Environmental Scientist603
  2. Environmental Specialist224
  3. Research Associate154
  4. Environmental Consultant127
  5. Research Scientist96
  6. Postdoctoral Fellow88
  7. Postdoctoral Scholar87
  8. Postdoctoral Research Associate82
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
  • Boulder, CO
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • 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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