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Soil and Plant Scientists: H-1B salaries and wage levels

446certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$67,790median offer
$60k to $85kmiddle half of offers
21%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

446 certified LCAs, coloured by the level each salary reaches in its own area
$40k to $50k: 14 LCAs$50k to $60k: 93 LCAs$60k to $70k: 133 LCAs$70k to $80k: 64 LCAs$80k to $90k: 49 LCAs$90k to $100k: 33 LCAs$100k to $110k: 22 LCAs$110k to $120k: 14 LCAs$120k to $130k: 12 LCAs$130k to $140k: 5 LCAs$140k to $150k: 3 LCAs$150k to $160k: 2 LCAs$160k to $170k: 1 LCA$200k to $210k: 1 LCA $40k to $50k: 14 LCAs$50k to $60k: 93 LCAs$60k to $70k: 133 LCAs$70k to $80k: 64 LCAs$80k to $90k: 49 LCAs$90k to $100k: 33 LCAs$100k to $110k: 22 LCAs$110k to $120k: 14 LCAs$120k to $130k: 12 LCAs$130k to $140k: 5 LCAs$140k to $150k: 3 LCAs$150k to $160k: 2 LCAs$160k to $170k: 1 LCA$200k to $210k: 1 LCA
$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 5 LCAs = 10 LCAs

Lottery entries

48 new-employment LCAs
Soil and Plant Scientists 19%10%25%25%21% 48
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

344 FY2026 to date

Median offer

$69,102 FY2026

Top employers

Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
#EmployerCertified LCAsMedian salary
1 Michigan State University 20 $68,959
2 Bayer Research and Development Services LLC 18 $116,076
3 Purdue University 17 $59,767
4 University of California, Davis 16 $81,164
5 North Carolina State University 14 $61,000
6 Texas A&M AgriLife Research 14 $55,500
7 The Curators of the University of Missouri 13 $57,120
8 Regents of the University of California at Riverside 13 $79,000
9 University of Georgia; OGE 13 $62,400
10 Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska 12 $55,000
11 Colorado State University 12 $78,894
12 University of Minnesota 12 $68,772
13 North Dakota State University 11 $55,000
14 Oregon State University 11 $62,232
15 University of Wisconsin System 11 $60,593
16 Washington State University 11 $84,827
17 University of Florida 10 $68,237
18 Iowa State University of Science and Technology 9 $60,000
19 University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources 8 $92,104
20 University of Illinois 8 $63,000
21 University of Maryland College Park 8 $60,000
22 BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC 7 $111,733
23 Clemson University 7 $60,320
24 Auburn University 6 $63,338
25 Donald Danforth Plant Science Center 6 $60,982
All other employers 159 –