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Nuclear Engineers: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 17-2161. 255 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $111,600, middle half $89,662–$134,058.

Applications (LCAs)255
Median offered salary$111,600
Middle half of salaries$89,662–$134,058
10th–90th percentile$78,600–$155,616

By wage level

Wage levelLCAsMedian salary
Level I (entry)66$90,669
Level II (qualified)72$115,062
Level III (experienced)62$118,758
Level IV (fully competent)42$145,122

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

EmployerLCAsMedian salary
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC56$132,714
Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)41$129,476
UChicago Argonne LLC27$84,094
Triad National Security, LLC13$137,009
Framatome Inc.13$88,171
Holtec International8$114,090
University of Michigan8$77,400
Massachusetts Institute of Technology7$100,000
University of Wisconsin System6$81,576
North Carolina State University5$80,000
The Trustees of Princeton University4$110,851
Kairos Power LLC4$156,562
University of California, Berkeley3$86,520
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station3$86,000
University of Illinois3$85,030
Battelle Memorial Institute2$115,620
The University of Tennessee2$72,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri/Missouri University of Science and Technology2$71,500
Univ of WI System2$79,750
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute2$55,000
Purdue University2$67,425
University of Maryland College Park2$115,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University2$95,400
University of Maryland, Baltimore County2$91,825
X Energy, LLC2$162,500
Ge Vernova Operations LLC2$121,450
Studsvik Scandpower, Inc.2$120,000
Research Foundation of CUNY2$85,344
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.2$109,054
Constellation Energy Generation LLC2$102,492
Deployable Energy Limited2$117,666
Japan Electric Power Information Center, USA2$128,000
The University of Alabama at Birmingham1$120,001
The Ohio State University1$67,413
The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan1$190,000
Entergy Operations, Inc.1$114,275
TN Americas LLC1$107,723
The Catholic University of America1$85,696
Oregon State University1$118,500
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1$88,356
The University of Texas at Austin1$110,000
Cyient, Inc.1$84,094
University of Florida1$93,758
Exponent, Inc.1$140,000
Johns Hopkins University1$90,000
NANO Nuclear Energy Inc.1$110,000
EX-Fusion America Inc1$108,098
Fusion Energy Solutions1$114,712
Ampera, Inc.1$175,000
Alva Energy, Inc1$128,107

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By fiscal year

Fiscal yearLCAsMedian salary
FY202358$96,990
FY202465$108,161
FY202576$112,300
FY202656$122,864

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).