Materials Scientists
SOC Code: 19-2032.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 2,799 H-1B LCA filings for Materials Scientists from 568 employer filers, with a 97% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $90,337. The highest-volume worksite state is CA with 422 filings. The highest-volume filer is Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory). These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Materials Scientists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-2032.00, the extract lists 2,799 Labor Condition Application filings from 568 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 97% 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, Materials Scientists ranks #85 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 8% 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 Materials Scientists. The highest-volume employer filer is Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) with 184 filings at an average listed offered wage of $101,475, followed by Brookhaven National Laboratory, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Battelle Memorial Institute. Geographically, CA leads with 422 filings (average listed wage $111,276), followed by TX, TN, NY. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Materials Scientists
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | 184 | $101,475 |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory | 92 | $98,974 |
| Iowa State University of Science and Technology | 78 | $71,406 |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | 69 | $114,232 |
| Northwestern University | 69 | $69,946 |
| The Dow Chemical Company | 67 | $106,993 |
| The Pennsylvania State University | 57 | $64,375 |
| University of Wisconsin System | 54 | $59,385 |
| UChicago Argonne LLC | 51 | $97,891 |
| Triad National Security, LLC | 41 | $119,073 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 40 | $103,696 |
| Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC | 34 | $74,269 |
| Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC | 34 | $128,067 |
| Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station | 34 | $62,190 |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC | 33 | $130,731 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 32 | $67,109 |
| Underwriters Laboratories Inc. | 31 | $109,392 |
| The University of Texas at Austin | 30 | $65,160 |
| University of Connecticut | 28 | $69,747 |
| University of Michigan | 26 | $65,667 |
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