H-1B sponsor data
H-1B sponsors for materials scientists
Employers with certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in occupation 19-2032 (Materials Scientists), decided between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 (FY2026 Q3 release).
An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.
Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for materials scientists?
280 employers had 649 certified H-1B LCAs for materials scientists in the window. The most active were Brookhaven National Laboratory, Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and The Dow Chemical Company. The median offered wage on full-time filings was $95,600 a year. Texas had the most worksites. An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.
| Certified H-1B LCAs | 649 |
|---|---|
| Employers filing | 280 |
| Median offered wage (full-time) | $95,600 |
| Middle 50% of offered wages | $75,000 – $125,000 |
| Most common worksite state | Texas |
Top H-1B sponsors for materials scientists
Employers ranked by certified H-1B LCAs in this occupation.
| Rank | Employer | Certified LCAs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | 40 |
| 2 | Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) | 35 |
| 3 | The Dow Chemical Company | 33 |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 16 |
| 5 | Underwriters Laboratories Inc. | 14 |
| 6 | Iowa State University of Science and Technology | 11 |
| 7 | Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC | 10 |
| 8 | Battelle Memorial Institute | 10 |
| 9 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 9 |
| 10 | UChicago Argonne, LLC | 8 |
| 11 | University of Connecticut | 8 |
| 12 | University of Michigan | 8 |
| 13 | Western Digital Technologies, Inc. | 8 |
| 14 | Applied Materials, Inc | 7 |
| 15 | ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company | 7 |
| 16 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 7 |
| 17 | The University of Tennessee | 7 |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | 7 |
| 19 | W.M. Rice University | 7 |
| 20 | Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station | 6 |
| 21 | Triad National Security, LLC | 6 |
| 22 | Alliance for Energy Innovation, LLC | 5 |
| 23 | Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC | 5 |
| 24 | Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. | 5 |
| 25 | Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. | 5 |
| 26 | Arizona State University | 4 |
| 27 | Corning Research & Development Corporation | 4 |
| 28 | Cytiva US LLC | 4 |
| 29 | Kimberly-Clark USA, LLC | 4 |
| 30 | The Leland Stanford, Jr University | 4 |
Median offered wage by level
The prevailing-wage level on each filing, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent), with the median offered wage at that level.
- Level I (entry)$65,000
- Level II (qualified)$90,600
- Level III (experienced)$112,000
- Level IV (fully competent)$137,400
Where the jobs are
State
Job titles filed under this occupation
Employers write their own job titles; DOL assigns the occupation code. These are the most common titles.
- Senior Research Specialist33
- Materials Scientist32
- Research Scientist27
- Postdoctoral Scholar24
- Postdoctoral Research Associate24
- Postdoctoral Fellow15
- Research Associate Materials Science14
- Research Scientist II13
- Research Assistant Professor12
- Postdoctoral Associate11
- Research Associate9
- Research Scientist III8
Frequently asked questions
- Which employers sponsor the most H-1B visas for materials scientists?
- In this window: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), The Dow Chemical Company, Northwestern University and Underwriters Laboratories Inc.. The full table above ranks the top employers by certified LCAs.
- What do H-1B materials scientists get paid?
- The median offered wage on full-time filings was $95,600 a year, with the middle half between $75,000 – $125,000. Offered wages are what employers stated on the filing; actual pay can differ.
- What is SOC code 19-2032?
- It is the Standard Occupational Classification code for Materials Scientists. Employers file under their own job titles; the Department of Labor assigns each filing an occupation code, which this page groups by.
Other occupations
Source and method
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification: LCA Programs (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) disclosure data, FY2026 Q3 release, decisions from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. DOL performance data page
- Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) with case status Certified and visa class H-1B, decided in the 12-month window above. Cases certified and later withdrawn, denied cases and withdrawn cases are listed separately.
- Employers are grouped by their filed legal name after removing punctuation and legal forms such as Inc. or LLC, so related companies that file under different legal names (for example a parent and a subsidiary) appear separately.
- Wages are the lower end of the wage range the employer stated on full-time LCAs, converted to a yearly amount. They are offered wages on a filing, not salary data, and actual pay can differ.
- DOL may revise individual records in later releases. Ruubu republishes the figures after each quarterly release.
This is U.S. government public-domain data credited to the U.S. Department of Labor. Ruubu aggregates it and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Labor.
Data imported October 24, 2026. Source page checked October 24, 2026.
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