H-1B demand profile: Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-1199-04, employers filed 10 Labor Condition Applications for Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists positions across 8 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 100% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $49,440 at the floor to $135,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $86,595. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists. The top sponsor is IHS Global Inc with 2 petitions at an average offered wage of $85,000, followed by Utility Data Contractors, Inc, Alpine Ocean Seismic Survey, Inc, Aptonet, Inc. Geographically, TX leads with 4 filings (avg $88,610), followed by CA, AZ, GA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.