H-1B demand profile: Atmospheric and Space Scientists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-2021-00, employers filed 627 Labor Condition Applications for Atmospheric and Space Scientists positions across 107 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 95.4% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Atmospheric and Space Scientists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Atmospheric and Space Scientists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $55,078 at the floor to $887,328 at the ceiling, with an average of $95,921. 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 Atmospheric and Space Scientists. The top sponsor is University Corporation for Atmospheric Research with 97 petitions at an average offered wage of $102,359, followed by Battelle Memorial Institute, University of Maryland College Park, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. Geographically, CA leads with 120 filings (avg $102,608), followed by CO, MD, NY. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Atmospheric and Space Scientists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.