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Physical Scientists, All Other

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-2099 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-2099
Share of U.S. applications
0.03%
Applications on record
3,342
FY2025
125
Median offered wage
$79,510
Certified (last three years)
99.5%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$79,510certified 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 Physical Scientists, All Other (SOC 19-2099). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Physical Scientists, All Other

207413FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
207413FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20089
FY2009126
FY2010413
FY2011236
FY2012298
FY2013228
FY2014222
FY2015200
FY2016221
FY2017229
FY2018203
FY2019176
FY202096
FY202199
FY2022126
FY2023126
FY2024123
FY2025125
FY2026*86
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*851
FY20251223
FY20241230
FY20231251
FY20221242
FY2021981
FY2020951
FY20191760
FY20182030
FY20172290
FY20162210
FY20152000
FY20142211
FY20132280
FY20122980
FY20112351
FY20104067
FY20091233
FY200809
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. The Leland Stanford, Jr University214
  2. California Institute of Technology205
  3. Slac National Accelerator Laboratory196
  4. Harvard University192
  5. Carnegie Mellon University163
  6. Fermi Research Alliance, LLC115
  7. University of California, Davis114
  8. University of Maryland College Park82
  9. Kla-tencor Corporation75
  10. The University of Iowa60
  11. University of Colorado58
  12. University of California at Santa Barbara56
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).

Physical Scientists, All Other: applications by worksite state

1+8+17+28+72+
1+8+17+28+72+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,117
MA257
PA201
IL198
NY192
MD136
CO127
TX113
IA83
FL74
WA72
NM53
LA52
HI49
OH47
NC44
NJ41
MI39
OR33
MO32
NE28
VA25
AZ24
TN24
AL23
SD21
IN20
NH18
ID18
CT17
GA17
AK15
MN13
WI12
OK12
DE11
AR11
MS10
NV9
RI8
DC8
SC6
ME5
PR5
UT5
KY5
KS4
VT4
MT2
WV1
ND1
Metropolitan areas
  1. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA488
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA256
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH255
  4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN177
  5. Pittsburgh, PA167
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV133
  7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA132
  8. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ129
  9. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA120
  10. Boulder, CO104
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 $79,510; middle half $62,229 to $107,706 · median prevailing wage $70,907 (marker) · 318 applications.

$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I113
  2. Level II62
  3. Level III92
  4. Level IV22
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Associate376
  2. Postdoctoral Research Associate214
  3. Research Scientist201
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow180
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar158
  6. Postdoctoral Associate97
  7. Staff Scientist82
  8. Research Associate - Experimental79
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.

  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • 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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