H-1B demand profile: Hydrologists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-2043, employers filed 12 Labor Condition Applications for Hydrologists positions across 5 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 Hydrologists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Hydrologists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $52,000 at the floor to $101,150 at the ceiling, with an average of $64,805. 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 Hydrologists. The top sponsor is University of Michigan with 5 petitions at an average offered wage of $69,797, followed by University of Southern Mississippi, Texas A&m Agrilife Research, Omega Engineers, Inc. Geographically, MI leads with 5 filings (avg $69,797), followed by MS, TX, LA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Hydrologists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.