Research and science

Atmospheric and Space Scientists: who sponsors, and what they pay

Every certified Labor Condition Application for this occupation in the period covered, with the wage each employer told the Department of Labor it would pay.

Certified LCAs

108

H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3

Median wage offered

$99,100

per year

Middle half earn

$74K to $115K

25th to 75th percentile

Employers filing

Employers filing for Atmospheric and Space Scientists

Employer	LCAs	Median wage
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Boulder	15	$99,619
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton	8	$112,174
Battelle Memorial Institute Richland	8	$119,969
University of Colorado Boulder	6	$87,583
University of California, San Diego La Jolla	5	$115,167
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles	4	$89,490
University of Maryland, College Park College Park	4	$113,077
The Trustees of Princeton University Princeton	4	$67,000
University of Michigan Ann Arbor	3	$65,000
Columbia University New York	3	$72,116
Mississippi State University Mississippi State	3	$67,000
George Mason University Fairfax	2	$77,522
University of Alaska Fairbanks	2	$113,661
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore	2	$89,132
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field	2	$126,000

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Source: US Department of Labor (OFLC) and US Citizenship and Immigration Services · OFLC disclosure data (Labor Condition Applications, PERM) and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 4 Oct 2026