Role Filing Pattern
Petroleum Engineer appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 8 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Petroleum Engineer H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 17-2171.00
SOC Category: Petroleum Engineers
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Petroleum Engineer (SOC 17-2171.00, Petroleum Engineers) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 8 filing records. Filed base wages span $92,200 to $170,000 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $150,000. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$150,000
H-1B LCA Filings
8LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$170,000
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The available records do not expose enough employer concentration for this role to summarize a top employer pattern.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Houston, TX, Midland, TX, Piti, GU, and New Jersey, NJ. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
Salary Caveat
The median shown here is a filed base wage signal from public LCA records. It generally excludes equity, bonus, benefits, and compensation changes after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$92,200
P25$107,000
Median$150,000
P75$156,000
Max$170,000
Top Employers by LCA Filings
Filed Wage by City
- Houston, TX$170,0003
- Midland, TX$150,0002
- New Jersey, NJ$115,0001
- Piti, GU$92,2001
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Petroleum Engineer?
The median filed base salary for Petroleum Engineer H-1B LCA records is $150,000 per year.
How many Petroleum Engineer H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 8 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Petroleum Engineer role in the available dataset.
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