SOC 19-2099BLS OEWS May 2025H-1B LCAs, last 12 months
All physical scientists not listed separately.
National median · BLS
$122,570
▲ +3.91%YoY
H-1B sponsor median
$77,179
▼ -3.48%YoY · 80 LCAs
Average salary · BLS
$129,230
Mean annual wage
U.S. employment
22,300
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Pay range for Physical Scientists, All Other
Annual base pay at each percentile. BLS covers all U.S. workers in this occupation; H-1B covers 80 certified Labor Condition Applications filed by sponsoring employers in the last 12 months.
Percentile
All U.S. workers (BLS)
H-1B sponsored
10th — entry pay
$67,000
$58,656
25th
$86,620
$62,232
Median (50th)
$122,570
$77,179
75th
$161,890
$105,764
90th — top pay
$195,190
$130,000
H-1B sponsors pay a median of $77,179 for Physical Scientists, All Other —
37% below
the BLS national median of $122,570.
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Projections 2025–2035
Job outlook for Physical Scientists, All Other
BLS projects employment of physical scientists, all other to grow 2.1% from 2025 to 2035, slower than the 3.5% average for all occupations.
About 1,400 openings are projected each year, on average, from new jobs and from replacing workers who retire or move to other occupations.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–2035
H-1B sponsored pay
Pay by H-1B wage level
Employers assign every H-1B filing a Department of Labor prevailing-wage level, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). Pay rises steeply with level.
H-1B median$77,179
Change vs prior year-3.48%
After inflation (CPI-U)-6.41%
Wage level
LCAs
Share
P25
Median
P75
Level I
34
42.5%
$60,000
$62,232
$71,070
Level II
12
15%
$75,678
$100,356
$130,000
Level III
20
25%
$86,570
$100,790
$108,106
H-1B job titles
Salaries by job title in Physical Scientists, All Other
The 1 most-filed job titles inside SOC 19-2099, from 80 H-1B filings. Seniority words and level numbers are grouped (“Senior Data Engineer II” counts as Data Engineer). Tap a title for its full range, wage levels and the exact titles employers used.
Titles are cleaned from the employer's own LCA text (codes and typos removed, nothing invented). Rows need 10+ filings in this SOC.
Top H-1B sponsors for Physical Scientists, All Other
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Physical Scientists, All Other salaries by state
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Specialties within this occupation
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists
More job titles for this occupation (50)
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Source: O*NET 31.0 (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0). These are general job titles, not H-1B filings; for titles employers actually filed, see “Job titles” above.
