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Atmospheric and Space Scientists: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-2021. 646 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $89,440, middle half $72,500–$110,000.

Applications (LCAs)646

Median offered salary$89,440

Middle half of salaries$72,500–$110,000

10th–90th percentile$65,000–$126,464

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	241	$72,970
Level II (qualified)	105	$97,800
Level III (experienced)	125	$110,000
Level IV (fully competent)	30	$143,006

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 Corporation for Atmospheric Research	86	$99,500
Battelle Memorial Institute	45	$109,534
University of Maryland College Park	30	$105,401
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	24	$123,360
The Trustees of Princeton University	22	$67,000
University of California, San Diego	21	$101,100
Brookhaven National Laboratory	19	$109,000
University of Oklahoma	19	$65,000
University of Maryland	19	$109,156
Columbia University	16	$72,308
University of California, Los Angeles	16	$82,150
University of Michigan	14	$67,500
University of Colorado	14	$77,500
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	13	$90,998
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	11	$75,474
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	11	$126,464
Cornell University	10	$67,000
University of Alaska	10	$88,005
Colorado State University	9	$78,340
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	7	$85,000
University of Miami	7	$89,335
University of California, Irvine	7	$69,360
Science Systems and Applications, Inc.	7	$105,290
University of Wisconsin System	7	$76,484
Universities Space Research Association	6	$113,568
California Institute of Technology	6	$86,816
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute	6	$120,000
George Mason University	6	$77,760
Texas A&M University	6	$65,660
The Catholic University of America	5	$100,000
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory	5	$153,000
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc.	5	$88,825
Research Foundation for the State University of New York	5	$70,000
UChicago Argonne LLC	5	$84,094
University of Massachusetts Lowell	4	$72,000
University of California, Berkeley	4	$92,700
North Carolina State University	4	$76,960
University of California, Davis	4	$79,400
Mississippi State University	4	$67,000
New Mexico State University	3	$74,982
Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii	3	$103,106
Triad National Security, LLC	3	$105,487
Harvard University	3	$65,850
University of Connecticut	3	$63,000
The University of Chicago	3	$65,000
Temple University--A Commonwealth University	3	$65,000
Howard University	3	$73,000
Research Foundation for the State University of New York - Albany	3	$71,472
West Virginia University	3	$70,000
University of Wyoming	3	$71,000

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	156	$84,163
FY2024	141	$82,860
FY2025	185	$93,332
FY2026	164	$99,225

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).