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Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-2042 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-2042
Share of U.S. applications
0.07%
Applications on record
8,665
FY2025
349
Median offered wage
$87,600
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$87,600certified 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 Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers (SOC 19-2042). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

399797FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
399797FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200885
FY2009217
FY2010710
FY2011694
FY2012797
FY2013609
FY2014670
FY2015625
FY2016499
FY2017493
FY2018445
FY2019447
FY2020417
FY2021341
FY2022324
FY2023320
FY2024332
FY2025349
FY2026*291
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*026823
FY2025032425
FY202403284
FY202303146
FY2022030915
FY2021030635
FY2020038433
FY2019040839
FY2018039748
FY2017046825
FY2016043267
FY20150509116
FY2014159079
FY2013054267
FY2012072869
FY2011060688
FY20100589121
FY2009015265
FY20080085
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. BP America Inc.422
  2. Chevron Corporation325
  3. The University of Texas at Austin320
  4. Schlumberger Technology Corporation283
  5. Exxon Mobil Corporation210
  6. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory209
  7. Shell Exploration and Production Company148
  8. Conocophillips Company144
  9. California Institute of Technology123
  10. Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.95
  11. Tgs-nopec Geophysical Company91
  12. Broken Hill Proprietary (USA), Inc.89
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).

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers: applications by worksite state

1+8+27+56+109+
1+8+27+56+109+
Data table
StateApplications
TX4,254
CA1,052
CO330
MA262
NY255
NJ172
NV165
AK161
MD160
AZ147
NM123
IL109
LA108
OR105
FL98
OK88
WA88
UT87
PA62
TN58
OH57
IN56
MI56
GA49
WY48
NC45
VA44
CT38
NH32
HI31
WI30
KS27
MO27
MN26
AL26
MS25
ID24
RI23
SD21
ND19
DC16
SC9
KY8
NE8
DE7
MT7
AR6
ME5
IA4
VI3
WV2
GU1
PR1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,561
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA430
  3. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX347
  4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ297
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA269
  6. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO237
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH222
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV154
  9. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX134
  10. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA95
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 $87,600; middle half $70,000 to $118,560 · median prevailing wage $74,755 (marker) · 905 applications.

$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
$60k$90k$120k$150k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I395
  2. Level II195
  3. Level III121
  4. Level IV93
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Geophysicist497
  2. Geologist356
  3. Research Associate284
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow231
  5. Postdoctoral Research Associate198
  6. Geoscientist193
  7. Research Scientist186
  8. Petrophysicist136
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.

  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
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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