Soil and Plant Scientists
SOC Code: 19-1013.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 1,832 H-1B LCA filings for Soil and Plant Scientists from 253 employer filers, with a 96.7% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $70,495. The highest-volume worksite state is CA with 296 filings. The highest-volume filer is University of California, Davis. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Soil and Plant Scientists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-1013.00, the extract lists 1,832 Labor Condition Application filings from 253 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 96.7% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Soil and Plant Scientists ranks #105 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 10% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Soil and Plant Scientists. The highest-volume employer filer is University of California, Davis with 95 filings at an average listed offered wage of $75,461, followed by Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Michigan State University, North Carolina State University. Geographically, CA leads with 296 filings (average listed wage $84,701), followed by TX, MO, NC. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Soil and Plant Scientists
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| University of California, Davis | 95 | $75,461 |
| Texas A&M AgriLife Research | 66 | $61,712 |
| Michigan State University | 64 | $61,487 |
| North Carolina State University | 62 | $59,565 |
| North Dakota State University | 56 | $56,208 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska | 53 | $74,527 |
| Purdue University | 47 | $59,030 |
| Colorado State University | 46 | $69,459 |
| University of Georgia | 46 | $61,583 |
| Bayer Research and Development Services LLC | 44 | $111,452 |
| The Curators of the University of Missouri | 44 | $51,734 |
| Oregon State University | 43 | $60,106 |
| University of Florida | 41 | $69,821 |
| Washington State University | 40 | $65,199 |
| University of Wisconsin System | 39 | $61,794 |
| Iowa State University of Science and Technology | 36 | $58,612 |
| Donald Danforth Plant Science Center | 35 | $62,314 |
| University of Minnesota | 34 | $70,087 |
| University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources | 33 | $85,509 |
| University of Illinois | 33 | $59,158 |
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