Geographers
Occupation · SOC 2018 19-3092 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 19-3092
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.01%
- Applications on record
- 1,465
- FY2025
- 74
- Median offered wage
- $75,000
- Certified (last three years)
- 99.3%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Geographers (SOC 19-3092). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Geographers
Data table
| FY2008 | 14 |
| FY2009 | 34 |
| FY2010 | 122 |
| FY2011 | 81 |
| FY2012 | 104 |
| FY2013 | 91 |
| FY2014 | 103 |
| FY2015 | 77 |
| FY2016 | 103 |
| FY2017 | 73 |
| FY2018 | 65 |
| FY2019 | 86 |
| FY2020 | 60 |
| FY2021 | 80 |
| FY2022 | 82 |
| FY2023 | 77 |
| FY2024 | 80 |
| FY2025 | 74 |
| FY2026* | 59 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 59 | 0 |
| FY2025 | 74 | 0 |
| FY2024 | 77 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 73 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 81 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 79 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 59 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 75 | 11 |
| FY2018 | 62 | 3 |
| FY2017 | 70 | 3 |
| FY2016 | 94 | 9 |
| FY2015 | 69 | 8 |
| FY2014 | 87 | 16 |
| FY2013 | 84 | 7 |
| FY2012 | 88 | 16 |
| FY2011 | 75 | 6 |
| FY2010 | 90 | 32 |
| FY2009 | 23 | 11 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 14 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- University of Maryland College Park130
- Arizona State University54
- Michigan State University35
- George Mason University27
- Columbia University23
- World Resources Institute22
- South Dakota State University20
- University of Oklahoma20
- CDM Smith Inc.20
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities19
- University of Colorado18
- Indiana University15
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Geographers: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| CA | 169 |
| MD | 152 |
| TX | 139 |
| NY | 91 |
| AZ | 80 |
| VA | 78 |
| MI | 58 |
| FL | 53 |
| CO | 53 |
| MA | 39 |
| TN | 37 |
| GA | 35 |
| IL | 34 |
| DC | 33 |
| OH | 32 |
| NC | 31 |
| IN | 27 |
| SD | 27 |
| WA | 27 |
| PA | 26 |
| OK | 22 |
| CT | 21 |
| MO | 19 |
| NE | 16 |
| WV | 16 |
| UT | 12 |
| OR | 12 |
| LA | 11 |
| WI | 11 |
| RI | 10 |
| SC | 10 |
| MS | 8 |
| NJ | 8 |
| HI | 8 |
| NH | 7 |
| AL | 7 |
| IA | 7 |
| ID | 6 |
| MT | 5 |
| AK | 5 |
| NM | 5 |
| KS | 5 |
| AR | 4 |
| MN | 2 |
| KY | 2 |
| NV | 2 |
| VT | 2 |
| ME | 1 |
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV237
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ61
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ55
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX49
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA40
- Lansing-East Lansing, MI38
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX37
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA33
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA33
- Knoxville, TN30
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $75,000; middle half $65,000 to $90,447 · median prevailing wage $66,019 (marker) · 194 applications.
- Level I84
- Level II48
- Level III44
- Level IV14
- Research Associate81
- Postdoctoral Research Associate75
- Gis Analyst66
- Assistant Research Professor48
- Research Assistant Professor34
- Postdoctoral Associate31
- Postdoctoral Scholar29
- Postdoctoral Fellow28
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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