H-1B demand profile: Mathematicians. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 15-2021-00, employers filed 945 Labor Condition Applications for Mathematicians positions across 252 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 98% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Mathematicians among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Mathematicians. Offered wages on LCAs range from $15,080 at the floor to $685,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $119,149. 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 Mathematicians. The top sponsor is WELLS FARGO BANK, NA with 121 petitions at an average offered wage of $125,537, followed by Meta Platforms, Inc, MPG Operations LLC, Simons Foundation. Geographically, NY leads with 254 filings (avg $142,439), followed by CA, NC, MA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Mathematicians actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.