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Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other

Occupation · SOC 2018 19-3099 · United States

SOC 2018 code
19-3099
Share of U.S. applications
0.02%
Applications on record
2,798
FY2025
284
Median offered wage
$87,048
Certified (last three years)
98.7%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$87,048certified 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 Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (SOC 19-3099). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other

142284FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
142284FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200812
FY200936
FY2010179
FY2011117
FY2012113
FY2013122
FY201499
FY2015104
FY2016120
FY2017101
FY2018150
FY2019149
FY2020176
FY2021153
FY2022193
FY2023232
FY2024244
FY2025284
FY2026*214
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*19420
FY202524935
FY20242368
FY202321913
FY202218013
FY20211467
FY20201715
FY20191436
FY20181446
FY20171010
FY20161191
FY20151040
FY2014990
FY20131220
FY20121121
FY20111143
FY20101727
FY2009324
FY2008012
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. Cambridge Systematics, Inc.125
  2. University of Michigan104
  3. Fehr & Peers97
  4. WSP USA Inc.80
  5. CDM Smith Inc.77
  6. AECOM Technical Services Inc68
  7. University of Virginia55
  8. Columbia University53
  9. The Trustees of Princeton University47
  10. AECOM Technical Services, Inc.46
  11. Texas A&M Transportation Institute44
  12. New York University43
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).

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other: applications by worksite state

1+3+12+27+63+
1+3+12+27+63+
Data table
StateApplications
CA477
NY461
TX283
FL175
DC134
MA132
MI131
VA105
NJ104
IL81
MD63
PA60
WA59
NC58
MN44
GA33
AZ31
IN29
OR28
OH27
RI27
CO25
UT22
CT22
TN20
MO18
WI14
ID13
IA13
OK12
LA12
VT12
AK11
KS10
ND9
SC8
NM4
KY4
NV4
NH4
NE3
WV3
AL3
MS2
SD2
MT2
HI1
VI1
WY1
AR1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ440
  2. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV201
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA181
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA160
  5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH126
  6. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX107
  7. Ann Arbor, MI103
  8. Trenton-Princeton, NJ83
  9. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA73
  10. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL70
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 $87,048; middle half $73,882 to $100,600 · median prevailing wage $74,589 (marker) · 661 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I281
  2. Level II196
  3. Level III84
  4. Level IV78
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Transportation Planner243
  2. Research Associate95
  3. Transportation Analyst72
  4. Postdoctoral Research Associate68
  5. Postdoctoral Fellow60
  6. Researcher53
  7. Postdoctoral Research Fellow51
  8. Postdoctoral Associate51
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.

  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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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