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Nuclear Engineers visa sponsorship salary

Across 79 certified work-visa filings classified under SOC 17-2161, the median wage for Nuclear Engineers is $114,600. The middle half falls between $91,429 and $138,204; the top decile begins at $154,521.

This page groups every job title employers filed under this occupation code, so it covers the same work described as Nuclear Engineer, Senior Research Engineer 1, Nuclear Engineering Analyst and others.

Median
$114,600
25th pct
$91,429
75th pct
$138,204
90th pct
$154,521
Filings
79

Who sponsors Nuclear Engineers

Ranked by number of certified filings for this occupation

Employers filing Nuclear Engineers, with wage percentiles
EmployerFilings25thMedian75th
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC23$125,916$138,408$149,688
Ut-battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)10$117,610$128,072$145,546
UChicago Argonne LLC6$85,586$90,063$90,063
Massachusetts Institute of Technology3$104,500$105,000$105,595
Framatome Inc.3$92,144$92,144$92,144
University of Wisconsin System3$78,642$80,784$80,968
University of Michigan3$73,425$78,600$78,600
Kairos Power LLC2$155,297$156,562$157,828
Japan Electric Power Information Center, USA2$124,000$128,000$132,000
Deployable Energy Limited2$113,266$117,666$122,065
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.2$109,054$109,054$109,054
Holtec International2$101,914$106,610$111,305
Constellation Energy Generation, LLC2$94,448$102,492$110,537
Triad National Security, LLC2$99,710$100,183$100,655
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station2$67,482$75,226$82,970

By state

Where this occupation is filed from

Nuclear Engineers filings and median wage by state
StateFilingsMedian
Idaho20$138,204
Tennessee10$128,072
Illinois10$90,063
Texas5$108,867
California4$118,049
Massachusetts4$105,595
Wisconsin3$80,784
Maryland3$140,940
Michigan3$78,600
New Mexico3$101,128
Virginia3$92,144
New Jersey2$106,610
Florida2$109,054
District of Columbia2$128,000
New York2$91,450

Job titles in this occupation

The exact wording employers used on their filings

Job titles filed under SOC 17-2161
Job titleFilingsMedian
Nuclear Engineer14$122,550
Senior Research Engineer 12$105,927
Nuclear Engineering Analyst2$128,000
Thermal Analyst2$108,610
Probabilistic Risk Analyst (nuclear Engineering)1$158,304
Advanced Nuclear Fuels Researcher1$126,000
Neutronics Analyst1$124,200
Modeling and Simulation Professional - Nuclear Engineering1$138,000
Nuclear Fuel Engineer1$116,000
Engineer Iv, Nuclear1$164,999
Data Scientist for Nuclear Engineering1$150,000
Research Scientist, Nuclear Engineering Data Analytics1$146,164
Assoc R&d Staff - Thermal Hydraulics, Modeling & Simulation1$130,008
Nuclear Criticality Safety - R&d Staff1$167,694
Modeling & Simulation Professional (nuclear Engineering)1$182,148
Cross-section Processing Methods Developer1$126,137
Computational Scientist (nuclear Science)1$128,400
Reactor Physics Nuclear Engineer1$110,000
Thermal Fluid Test Engineer1$159,093
Thermal-mechanical Engineer - Engineer II1$92,144
Engineer III (fluence & Radiological Engineer)1$92,144
Irradiation Facilities Engineer1$104,000
Nuclear Fuel System Analyst1$125,832
Head of Ex-fusion America1$108,098
Eugene Wigner Distinguished Fellow1$143,691
Research Scientist - Nuclear Material1$122,900
Fuels Manager “ Annular Fuel Pebbles1$154,031
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Researcher1$149,376
Blanket, Fuel Cycle, & Fusion Engineering - R&d Staff1$146,988
System and Data Analytics Engineer1$115,413
Nuclear Engineer (instrumentation and Controls)1$168,000
Postdoc Research Associate -experimental Plasma Physicist1$103,594
Program Scientist1$106,190
Nuclear Eng./materials Analysis Postdoc. Research Assoc.1$101,196
Lead Nuclear Engineer1$108,867
Chief Nuclear Officer1$126,464
Reactor Engineer 2b1$118,581
Nuclear Fuel Performance Postdoctoral Research Associate1$101,196
Computational Scientist - Nuclear Engineering1$182,340
Postdoc Research Assoc-computational Liquid Metal Fluids Eng1$93,315
Computational Scientist (nucl. Energy Adv. Modeling-simul.)1$146,160
Postdoctoral Appointee - Nuclear Engineering1$114,600

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SOC 17-2161 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.