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Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-2099. 411 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $77,400, middle half $61,992–$106,416.

Applications (LCAs)411

Median offered salary$77,400

Middle half of salaries$61,992–$106,416

10th–90th percentile$54,869–$135,845

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	141	$60,653
Level II (qualified)	72	$83,297
Level III (experienced)	99	$107,474
Level IV (fully competent)	22	$129,210

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
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	32	$123,000
University of Maryland College Park	32	$104,356
University of California at Santa Barbara	24	$73,150
Carnegie Mellon University	23	$59,538
Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii	10	$82,878
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	10	$109,106
University of Arkansas	10	$47,684
South Dakota State University	8	$56,338
Texas A&M University	8	$64,224
California Institute of Technology	7	$78,000
University of Illinois	7	$56,038
Saint Louis University	6	$70,000
Harvard University	6	$70,262
KLA Corporation	6	$147,928
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	6	$75,158
Ctrees	5	$145,000
University of California, Davis	5	$71,500
The University of Alabama in Huntsville	5	$76,500
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)	4	$117,114
The Pennsylvania State University	4	$57,624
Clemson University	4	$62,634
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	4	$63,064
Colorado State University	4	$65,725
University of Alaska	4	$69,586
Satelytics Inc.	4	$74,000
Mississippi State University	4	$70,450
Purdue University	4	$55,000
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	3	$68,106
University of Wisconsin System	3	$67,832
Mayo Clinic	3	$82,510
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	3	$113,100
University of Colorado	3	$90,476
Schlumberger Technology Corporation	3	$117,250
University of South Florida	3	$58,656
The University of Iowa	3	$62,232
The Trustees of Princeton University	2	$74,356
New Mexico State University	2	$64,000
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	2	$107,840
Oklahoma State University	2	$41,662
University of New Hampshire	2	$77,931
The Catholic University of America	2	$73,846
Land IQ	2	$104,468
Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory	2	$76,616
University of Michigan	2	$76,114
The University of Southern California	2	$86,008
The Curators of the University of Missouri	2	$58,394
University of Oklahoma	2	$58,000
North Carolina State University	2	$100,000
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	2	$93,894
Columbia University	2	$67,688

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	99	$72,946
FY2024	113	$75,000
FY2025	114	$79,917
FY2026	85	$88,443

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).