H-1B demand profile: Geological and Petroleum Technicians. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-4041-00, employers filed 4 Labor Condition Applications for Geological and Petroleum Technicians positions across 2 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 Geological and Petroleum Technicians among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Geological and Petroleum Technicians. Offered wages on LCAs range from $54,080 at the floor to $99,843 at the ceiling, with an average of $76,962. 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 Geological and Petroleum Technicians. The top sponsor is Cameron International Corporation with 2 petitions at an average offered wage of $54,080, followed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation. Geographically, LA leads with 2 filings (avg $99,843), followed by TX. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Geological and Petroleum Technicians actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.