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Sociologists

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-3041 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-3041
Share of U.S. applications
0.01%
Applications on record
1,624
FY2025
106
Median offered wage
$78,177
Certified (last three years)
99.2%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$78,177certified 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 Sociologists (SOC 19-3041). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Sociologists

71141FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
71141FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200811
FY200922
FY201093
FY201171
FY201256
FY201375
FY201471
FY201577
FY201676
FY201791
FY201893
FY2019141
FY2020127
FY202198
FY2022137
FY2023107
FY2024116
FY2025106
FY2026*56
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*551
FY20259610
FY20241106
FY20231043
FY20221334
FY2021944
FY20201243
FY20191392
FY2018894
FY2017856
FY2016697
FY2015734
FY2014674
FY2013687
FY2012551
FY2011674
FY20107815
FY2009166
FY2008011
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. Norc54
  2. University of Michigan39
  3. The Leland Stanford, Jr University34
  4. Johns Hopkins University31
  5. The Trustees of Princeton University31
  6. Results for Development Institute, Inc.28
  7. New York University26
  8. Human Rights Watch26
  9. The University of Texas at Austin25
  10. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, JR. University20
  11. The Pennsylvania State University19
  12. Indiana University19
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).

Sociologists: applications by worksite state

1+2+7+21+48+
1+2+7+21+48+
Data table
StateApplications
NY258
CA217
DC176
MA103
TX93
MD92
IL69
VA67
MI59
PA54
NJ48
OH34
IN33
MN29
CO27
MO24
GA23
NC22
WA21
FL21
OR17
AZ17
CT16
NH14
WI14
TN12
MS9
IA8
RI7
NE5
DE5
HI4
UT3
ND3
OK3
VT3
NM2
AL2
LA2
KY1
SD1
NV1
MT1
WY1
AK1
AR1
ID1
Metropolitan areas
  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV288
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ224
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH102
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA69
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA65
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN64
  7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA63
  8. Ann Arbor, MI40
  9. Trenton-Princeton, NJ39
  10. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD38
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 $78,177; middle half $67,840 to $100,000 · median prevailing wage $69,209 (marker) · 250 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I103
  2. Level II56
  3. Level III33
  4. Level IV34
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Associate88
  2. Postdoctoral Associate63
  3. Postdoctoral Fellow63
  4. Research Scientist54
  5. Postdoctoral Research Associate43
  6. Postdoctoral Scholar42
  7. Postdoctoral Research Fellow34
  8. Sociologist29
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.

  • 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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