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Anthropologists and Archeologists

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-3091 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-3091
Share of U.S. applications
0.00%
Applications on record
306
FY2025
38
Median offered wage
$68,464
Certified (last three years)
96.0%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$68,464certified 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 Anthropologists and Archeologists (SOC 19-3091). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Anthropologists and Archeologists

1938FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1938FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20082
FY20091
FY201018
FY201115
FY201212
FY20136
FY201414
FY201514
FY201615
FY201713
FY201818
FY201918
FY202012
FY202123
FY202223
FY202329
FY202421
FY202538
FY2026*14
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*140
FY2025362
FY2024201
FY2023290
FY2022230
FY2021212
FY2020120
FY2019171
FY2018180
FY2017130
FY2016141
FY2015131
FY2014140
FY201351
FY201293
FY2011132
FY2010162
FY200910
FY200802

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Yale University13
  2. Harvard University12
  3. Arizona State University9
  4. The University of Texas at Austin8
  5. New York University8
  6. Albion Environmental, Inc.7
  7. The American Foundation for the Study of Man6
  8. University of Alaska5
  9. LTG Associates, Inc.5
  10. Dartmouth College5
  11. Institute for the Future5
  12. Maryland Institute College of Art4

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Anthropologists and Archeologists: applications by worksite state

1+2+4+7+12+
1+2+4+7+12+
Data table
StateApplications
CA57
NY38
MA21
TX16
CT15
AZ15
MD12
IL12
VA10
AK9
CO9
TN8
DC8
IN7
HI7
WA6
NJ6
MI6
NH5
PA5
LA4
OR4
GU4
OH3
FL3
NM3
NC2
GA2
AR2
KY1
NV1
ME1
MO1
MT1
ND1
RI1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ31
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV24
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH17
  4. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ15
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA15
  6. New Haven, CT13
  7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA10
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN9
  9. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX9
  10. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA8

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $68,464; middle half $57,625 to $79,188 · median prevailing wage $52,624 (marker) · 66 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I24
  2. Level II28
  3. Level III6
  4. Level IV3
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Research Associate19
  2. Archaeologist14
  3. Postdoctoral Research Associate14
  4. Postdoctoral Fellow13
  5. Postdoctoral Associate13
  6. Postdoctoral Scholar11
  7. Archeologist10
  8. Post Doctoral Fellow8