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Soil and Plant Scientists: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-1013. 1,652 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $65,000, middle half $55,154–$82,000.

Applications (LCAs)1,652

Median offered salary$65,000

Middle half of salaries$55,154–$82,000

10th–90th percentile$50,000–$103,000

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	550	$55,000
Level II (qualified)	369	$63,000
Level III (experienced)	234	$82,265
Level IV (fully competent)	167	$103,000

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
University of California, Davis	80	$74,425
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	64	$54,000
Michigan State University	57	$61,880
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	51	$55,016
North Carolina State University	50	$57,200
Bayer Research and Development Services LLC	50	$110,844
North Dakota State University	48	$54,000
Purdue University	42	$58,634
University of Georgia	42	$56,000
Oregon State University	36	$61,500
University of Florida	35	$68,000
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center	35	$60,000
Washington State University	34	$60,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri	32	$51,522
Colorado State University	31	$68,900
University of Minnesota	31	$66,950
Iowa State University of Science and Technology	30	$58,656
University of Wisconsin System	30	$61,398
University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources	27	$86,800
Corteva Agriscience LLC	27	$96,392
Qcworldfruit Limited Liability Company	24	$54,108
Regents of the University of California at Riverside	24	$79,192
Texas Tech University	22	$55,000
University of Illinois	21	$61,942
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture	21	$53,000
Cornell University	20	$61,008
Clemson University	20	$60,320
Saniglobal Sanitation LLC	15	$47,988
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	15	$94,200
University of Maryland College Park	13	$60,000
University of Kentucky	13	$55,000
Kansas State University	12	$47,476
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies	12	$76,000
The University of Tennessee	12	$99,528
New Mexico State University	12	$59,108
Mississippi State University	12	$57,000
Auburn University	10	$68,020
Montana State University	10	$48,859
BASF Corporation	10	$126,523
The University of Arizona	9	$56,470
Oklahoma State University	9	$53,955
Regent of University California of Riverside	8	$71,500
Inari Agriculture, Inc.	8	$87,678
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	8	$82,492
A & B Environmental Services, Inc.	8	$60,000
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station	7	$85,906
Fort Valley State University	7	$52,042
University of Maine	7	$71,999
University of Michigan	7	$58,000
Prairie View A&M University	7	$60,000

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By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	406	$60,000
FY2024	417	$63,523
FY2025	454	$65,654
FY2026	375	$69,102

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).