Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers visa sponsorship salary

Across 318 certified work-visa filings classified under SOC 19-2042, the median wage for Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers is $84,000. The middle half falls between $69,000 and $106,307; the top decile begins at $162,626.

This page groups every job title employers filed under this occupation code, so it covers the same work described as Geologist, Geologist II, Director's Postdoctoral Fellow and others.

Median: $84,000
25th pct: $69,000
75th pct: $106,307
90th pct: $162,626
Filings: 318

Who sponsors Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

Ranked by number of certified filings for this occupation

Employers filing Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers, with wage percentiles
Employer	Filings	25th	Median	75th
The University of Texas at Austin	16	$65,000	$74,952	$91,016
Oregon State University	14	$63,600	$65,518	$70,008
Triad National Security, LLC	9	$101,128	$101,128	$108,019
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	7	$83,706	$133,800	$134,400
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	7	$84,000	$86,000	$88,519
California Institute of Technology	7	$71,464	$72,723	$74,992
Texas A&M University	7	$64,672	$68,422	$75,000
University of Alaska	6	$71,510	$82,493	$90,199
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	6	$67,963	$71,000	$71,000
Nevada Gold Mines LLC	5	$92,000	$92,000	$125,600
BP America Inc.	5	$82,597	$82,597	$82,597
The Trustees of Princeton University	5	$80,000	$80,000	$135,000
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.	5	$58,490	$75,421	$86,237
WSP USA Inc.	5	$67,465	$70,013	$90,002
Shell International Exploration and Production Inc.	4	$156,375	$182,850	$211,475
Schlumberger Technology Corporation	4	$145,090	$165,230	$165,435
Occidental Petroleum Corporation	4	$151,340	$162,900	$172,275
University of California, San Diego	4	$98,163	$105,300	$112,875
The University of Southern California	4	$70,000	$71,050	$72,941
The University of Kansas	4	$58,656	$59,418	$65,385
Global Geologica USA Inc.	4	$55,000	$55,000	$60,215
Murphy Exploration & Production Company USA	3	$207,054	$215,821	$215,821
EOG Resources, Inc.	3	$193,000	$200,000	$222,500
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute	3	$109,133	$130,266	$157,633
Battelle Memorial Institute	3	$114,150	$114,150	$114,150
University of Colorado	3	$95,712	$109,424	$113,037
AIR Worldwide Corporation	3	$107,530	$108,000	$109,000
University of North Dakota	3	$94,890	$103,646	$105,144
Yale University	3	$88,284	$90,000	$107,500
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	3	$77,714	$89,128	$89,128
Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation	3	$85,480	$88,600	$96,700
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	3	$86,030	$86,880	$108,898
Gemological Institute of America, Inc.	3	$72,332	$78,000	$78,980
University of California, Berkeley	3	$73,097	$74,425	$179,593
University of Illinois	3	$67,500	$70,000	$72,500
Georgia Institute of Technology	3	$67,340	$69,680	$73,840
Zonge International, INC.	3	$69,000	$69,000	$74,915
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	3	$63,475	$66,950	$78,475
University of Houston	3	$61,922	$61,922	$63,399
University of Michigan	3	$58,437	$58,656	$59,747
Pure Lithium Corporation	2	$416,000	$416,000	$416,000
Srk Consulting (u.s.), INC.	2	$231,000	$231,000	$231,000
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	2	$175,527	$175,527	$175,527
Chevron Corporation	2	$157,975	$165,250	$172,525
TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company	2	$125,545	$133,104	$140,663
Outsource Research Consulting, Inc.	2	$121,160	$121,160	$121,160
Archer Oil Tools LLC	2	$103,251	$103,251	$103,251
Arcadis U.S., Inc.	2	$95,784	$98,030	$100,277
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.	2	$96,400	$97,600	$98,800
Leidos, Inc.	2	$95,879	$96,759	$97,638
Pinto Valley Mining Corp.	2	$93,275	$96,550	$99,825
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	2	$87,211	$95,121	$103,032
Hydrogeo Energy LLC	2	$87,500	$91,000	$94,500
Boston College	2	$77,720	$87,813	$97,907
Portland State University	2	$74,703	$79,542	$84,381
The University of Texas at Arlington	2	$74,000	$74,000	$74,000
Washington University	2	$67,314	$69,628	$71,942
Arizona State University	2	$64,875	$68,250	$71,625
Johns Hopkins University	2	$65,000	$65,000	$65,000
University of Georgia	2	$62,304	$64,869	$67,435

By state

Where this occupation is filed from

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers filings and median wage by state
State	Filings	Median
Texas	82	$95,957
California	49	$86,237
Massachusetts	22	$84,000
Arizona	17	$90,000
Oregon	16	$66,822
New Mexico	13	$101,128
Nevada	13	$92,000
Colorado	11	$101,352
Maryland	9	$79,300
Pennsylvania	8	$77,714
Alaska	8	$82,493
Georgia	7	$70,000
New Jersey	6	$80,000
New York	6	$78,980
Connecticut	6	$77,016

Job titles in this occupation

The exact wording employers used on their filings

Job titles filed under SOC 19-2042
Job title	Filings	Median
Geologist	12	$81,299
Geologist II	9	$99,085
Director's Postdoctoral Fellow	7	$105,487
Geophysicist	6	$108,580
Geologist I	5	$88,600
Exploration Geologist	4	$55,000
Senior Research Associate 1	4	$68,971
Academic Program Manager	3	$182,000
Senior Geoscientist	3	$103,646
Exploration Manager	3	$120,000
Staff Geologist	3	$182,400
D&i Data Scientist	3	$165,230
Earth Scientist (geoscientists)	3	$114,150
Chief Geologist	2	$172,000
Geospatial Analyst	2	$68,157
Certified Project Manager 1	2	$98,030
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Geophysics	2	$70,362
Geophysical Specialist	2	$193,000
Head of Exploration	2	$416,000
Staff Gemologist, Colored Stones	2	$73,312
Field Operations Supervisor/project Geologist	2	$69,000
Principal Consultant (resource Geology)	2	$231,000
Xrf Engineer	2	$65,000
Research Geophysicist	2	$155,900
Petrophysicist	2	$168,200
Staff Environmental Scientist	2	$59,571
Sr Staff Geophysicist	2	$215,821
Visiting Senior Scientific Specialist	2	$72,500
Reservoir Engineering Data Analyst	2	$103,251
Geomechanics Research Analyst	1	$121,160
Assc Dir Mgr-analytics & Model	1	$148,988
Research Associate (geoscientist)	1	$116,650
Director, Center for Isotope Geochemistry	1	$108,000
Postdoctoral Research Scientist I (geoscientist)	1	$82,000
Reservoir Engineering Postdoctoral Research Associate	1	$96,900
Senior Geomechanics Engineer	1	$121,160
Research Scientist/director of Earth Materials Characterizat	1	$90,000
Invertebrate Paleontology Collections Manager	1	$61,526
Wellsite Geologist	1	$64,210
Earth Research Scientist (in Energy Geosciences)	1	$134,400
Earth Research Scientist	1	$134,400
Multi-scale Microbial Modeling Earth Research Scientist	1	$133,800
Underground Geologist II	1	$91,541
Postdoc Scholar Research Assoc in Comp Planetary Evolution	1	$72,000
Senior Quantitative Interpretation Geophysicist	1	$225,000
Senior Research Associate in Deeps	1	$75,000
Senior Processing Geophysicist I	1	$117,986
Geological Postdoctoral Scholar	1	$82,464
Research Engineer/scientist Associate III	1	$84,677
Postdoc (in Energy Geosciences)	1	$80,052
Computational Geo Chemist	1	$95,000
Paleoclimate Software Engineer II	1	$96,720
Principal Geoscientist	1	$105,000
Research Scientist (research Associate Ll) - Geoscientist	1	$109,424
Geophysical Data Analyst	1	$122,720
Research Exp Imaging Geophysicist	1	$139,800
Staff Geophysicist	1	$148,222
Geosteering Geologist	1	$82,597
Geographic Information Systems Senior Analyst	1	$84,460
Regional Resource Modeling Lead	1	$146,000

SOC 19-2042 is the federal occupation code the employer assigned to these filings. It is chosen by the employer and reviewed by the Department of Labor, so it is more consistent than the free-text job title — but two companies can still classify similar work differently. Where a title looks misplaced, the wage level usually explains more of the gap than the code does.