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Materials Scientists: H-1B salaries and wage levels

791certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$90,834median offer
$72k to $122kmiddle half of offers
14%of new-employment offers reach Level IV for their area
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

What employers offer

791 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area
$40k to $50k: 4 LCAs$50k to $60k: 45 LCAs$60k to $70k: 125 LCAs$70k to $80k: 102 LCAs$80k to $90k: 91 LCAs$90k to $100k: 90 LCAs$100k to $110k: 53 LCAs$110k to $120k: 60 LCAs$120k to $130k: 60 LCAs$130k to $140k: 60 LCAs$140k to $150k: 40 LCAs$150k to $160k: 23 LCAs$160k to $170k: 11 LCAs$170k to $180k: 8 LCAs$180k to $190k: 7 LCAs$190k to $200k: 3 LCAs$200k to $210k: 2 LCAs$210k to $220k: 2 LCAs$220k to $230k: 1 LCA$270k to $280k: 1 LCA$300k+: 2 LCAs $40k to $50k: 4 LCAs$50k to $60k: 45 LCAs$60k to $70k: 125 LCAs$70k to $80k: 102 LCAs$80k to $90k: 91 LCAs$90k to $100k: 90 LCAs$100k to $110k: 53 LCAs$110k to $120k: 60 LCAs$120k to $130k: 60 LCAs$130k to $140k: 60 LCAs$140k to $150k: 40 LCAs$150k to $160k: 23 LCAs$160k to $170k: 11 LCAs$170k to $180k: 8 LCAs$180k to $190k: 7 LCAs$190k to $200k: 3 LCAs$200k to $210k: 2 LCAs$210k to $220k: 2 LCAs$220k to $230k: 1 LCA$270k to $280k: 1 LCA$300k+: 2 LCAs
$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 10 LCAs

Lottery entries

229 new-employment LCAs
Materials Scientists 15%19%25%27%14% 229
All employers 12%28%25%18%16% 149,984
1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.

Over time

fiscal years, October to September · hatched: year to date

Certified H-1B LCAs

623 FY2026 to date

Median offer

$92,636 FY2026

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
#EmployerCertified LCAsMedian salary
1 Brookhaven National Laboratory 43 $105,456
2 Ut-battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory) 41 $91,299
3 The Dow Chemical Company 33 $90,834
4 Northwestern University 18 $66,265
5 Iowa State University of Science and Technology 16 $80,000
6 Battelle Memorial Institute 15 $118,564
7 Underwriters Laboratories Inc. 14 $106,500
8 Triad National Security, LLC 13 $148,600
9 UChicago Argonne LLC 11 $90,063
10 University of Michigan 11 $64,000
11 Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC 10 $79,408
12 Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC 10 $144,588
13 University of Connecticut 10 $69,860
14 The University of Texas at Austin 10 $64,945
15 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 9 $91,284
16 University of Illinois 9 $63,885
17 Georgia Institute of Technology 8 $71,035
18 Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station 8 $66,000
19 University of California at Santa Barbara 8 $75,656
20 The University of Tennessee 8 $79,566
21 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 8 $158,939
22 Applied Materials, Inc 7 $149,462
23 ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company 7 $148,654
24 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC 7 $128,916
25 The Pennsylvania State University 7 $64,032
All other employers 450 –