Engineering and technical
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers: 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
128
H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3
Median wage offered
$115,000
per year
Middle half earn
$100K to $135K
25th to 75th percentile
Employers filing
61
Employers filing for Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
| Employer | LCAs | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Freeport Minerals Corporation Phoenix | 15 | $105,500 |
| Nevada Gold Mines LLC Elko | 13 | $129,500 |
| Metallum Global LLC Columbia | 5 | $235,000 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. Phoenix | 5 | $105,000 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc. Phoenix | 4 | $95,700 |
| Kennecott Utah Copper LLC South Jordan | 4 | $144,644 |
| Mariana Minerals Co. San Francisco | 3 | $170,000 |
| GZA GeoEnvironmental of New York Buffalo | 3 | $117,561 |
| Nyrstar Tennessee Mines - Strawberry Plains, LLC Strawberry Plains | 3 | $133,494 |
| Teck Alaska Incorporated Anchorage | 3 | $135,242 |
| Pinto Valley Mining Corp. Miami | 3 | $131,477 |
| Haile Gold Mine, Inc. Kershaw | 3 | $104,550 |
| Western Explosives Systems Company Slc | 2 | $95,000 |
| Climax Molybdenum Company Phoenix | 2 | $106,500 |
| Barrick Gold of North America, Inc. Elko | 2 | $109,000 |
61 employers for this occupationThe full ranked list, with each employer's median wage, is part of Pro.
See ProSource: 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
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