H-1B and green card employer
Battelle Memorial Institute
Richland, WA NAICS 54171 Cap-exempt
Battelle Memorial Institute is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
199certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$115,500median offer · middle half $100k to $129k
30%126 vs. 97 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
1certified green card (PERM) cases, FY2026 to Jun 2026
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Lottery entries at Battelle Memorial Institute's offers
Battelle Memorial Institute files mostly as a college or university or as a nonprofit research organization. Those employers are exempt from the H-1B cap, so their hires do not go through the lottery and no entry mix is shown.
What Battelle Memorial Institute offers
199 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 2 LCAs = 2 LCAs
$10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches for its own job and area.
By fiscal year
October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026Certified H-1B LCAs
126 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$114,075 FY2026
Certified green card cases
1 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical Engineers | 30 | $126,408 |
| Atmospheric and Space Scientists | 19 | $118,338 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 16 | $111,873 |
| Chemists | 15 | $114,443 |
| Materials Scientists | 15 | $118,564 |
| Chemical Engineers | 13 | $98,310 |
| Data Scientists | 12 | $127,961 |
| Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health | 10 | $113,754 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Richland, WA | 136 | $114,752 |
| Seattle, WA | 22 | $126,668 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decision| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Median offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 0 | 0 | – |
| FY2024 | 0 | 0 | – |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 | – |
| FY2026 to Jun 2026 | 1 | 0 | – |
Review takes about a year, so a pause in filing shows up a year later. Medians only for years with 3 or more certifications.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Scientist (Atmospheric Science) | $107,555 | |
| Data Scientist | $129,218 | |
| Earth Scientist (Environmental Scientist) | $120,807 | |
| Earth Scientist (Environmental Scientist) | $88,008 | |
| Earth Scientist (Mechanical Engineer) | $199,104 | |
| Earth Scientist (Mechanical Engineer) | $199,104 | |
| Data Scientist (Computational) | $153,331 | |
| Materials Scientist (Chemist) | $116,633 | |
| Post Doctorate RA (Chemical Engineer) | $101,990 | |
| Earth Scientist (Atmospheric Science) | $138,092 | |
| Computer Scientist | $113,000 | |
| Computational Scientist (Physicist) | $113,400 | |
| Electrical Engineer (Data Science) | $177,446 | |
| Earth Scientist (Geographer) | $121,831 | |
| Chemical Engineer | $155,000 | |
| Electrical Engineer (Data Science) | $161,314 | |
| Electrical Engineer | $125,139 | |
| Post Doctorate Research Associate (Materials Scientist) | $97,733 | |
| Earth Scientist (Hydrology) | $114,000 | |
| Earth Scientist (Civil Engineer) | $90,429 | |
| Computational Scientist (Chemist) | $111,304 | |
| Electrical Engineer | $127,677 | |
| Earth Scientist (Mechanical Engineers) | $114,000 | |
| Earth Scientist (Geologist) | $122,610 | |
| Post Doctorate RA (Quantum Chemistry/Physics) | $102,565 |