H-1B demand profile: Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-2042, employers filed 21 Labor Condition Applications for Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers positions across 9 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 Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers. Offered wages on LCAs range from $48,500 at the floor to $183,600 at the ceiling, with an average of $71,074. 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 Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers. The top sponsor is TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY with 7 petitions at an average offered wage of $59,132, followed by University of Michigan, ANS Geo, Berry Petroleum Company, LLC. Geographically, TX leads with 9 filings (avg $61,214), followed by MI, CA, NV. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.