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SOC 19-1013

Soil and Plant Scientists Visa Sponsoring Employers

Compare U.S. employers using LCA filing history from FY2022 through FY2026 Q3 YTD for Soil and Plant Scientists.

5-period LCA filings

1,905

Employers

296

Median reported wage

$64,158

Filing history

FY2022–FY2026 Q3 YTD

FY2026 is partial through Q3

FY2022

360

FY2023

414

FY2024

408

FY2025

412

FY2026 Q3

311

Explore sponsors by state

Compare employers for this occupation in states with meaningful historical filing activity.

Employers to research

Compare relevant filing volume with historical consistency and recent activity.

#Employer5-period filingsActiveRecent streakFY2026 Q3Median wage
1University of California, Davis905/558$72,625
2Texas A&M AgriLife Research675/559$53,997
3MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY585/5519$61,880
4North Carolina State University575/558$57,000
5Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska565/559$56,008
6NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY555/558$52,000
7Bayer Research and Development Services LLC535/5518$110,844
8Purdue University515/5510$57,000
9Donald Danforth Plant Science Center425/554$59,160
10Oregon State University425/557$58,510
11UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA415/556$65,000
12University of Georgia395/558$56,000
13Washington State University395/556$59,946
14The Curators of the University of Missouri375/556$48,859
15University of Minnesota345/5511$68,540
16Colorado State University335/5510$70,000
17Corteva Agriscience LLC325/553$93,374
18Iowa State University of Science and Technology315/555$58,656
19University of Wisconsin System305/553$61,399
20Cornell University295/552$61,008
21QCWORLDFRUIT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY275/556$54,496
22University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture265/553$50,483
23Clemson University245/555$60,000
24Regents of the University of California at Riverside244/549$78,500
25University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources245/557$89,454
26Texas Tech University235/552$55,000
27University of Illinois225/553$61,942
28THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE205/552$63,608
29Regent of University California of Riverside193/530$68,236
30UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY)185/553$87,997
31Saniglobal Sanitation LLC184/523$54,288
32Kansas State University175/551$47,476
33UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY165/553$51,712
34Mississippi State University155/553$54,600
35The Salk Institute for Biological Studies145/551$75,250
36BASF Corporation134/540$124,047
37New Mexico State University135/551$58,614
38The University of Arizona134/522$57,300
39University of Maryland College Park135/555$60,000
40Auburn University115/551$60,760
41Montana State University114/540$48,859
42University of Connecticut113/530$56,484
43Oklahoma State University104/540$53,955
44The Pennsylvania State University104/540$57,306
45Howard Hughes Medical Institute104/512$81,817
46University of Michigan104/540$57,620
47A & B Environmental Services, Inc.81/510$60,000
48Bayer CropScience LP84/540$116,766
49FMC Corporation85/551$95,959
50FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY85/551$52,042
51Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service84/531$70,626
52Inari Agriculture, Inc.83/513$87,678
53BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC72/524$111,733
54Prairie View A&M University74/541$60,000
55University of Maine74/542$71,999
56Battelle Memorial Institute63/530$74,844
57Syngenta Crop Protection LLC63/520$75,515
58The Carnegie Institution of Washington62/510$60,872
59THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION64/541$88,706
60The Ohio State University64/541$61,008
61University of California, Berkeley64/531$73,169
62UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE64/541$61,871
63University of Hawaii64/541$70,788
64Munger Bros. LLC63/510$142,500
65NATURIPE FARMS IMPORTS, INC63/520$73,500
66Brookhaven National Laboratory53/523$75,317
67Driscoll's, Inc.53/522$112,216
68Enza Zaden Research USA, Inc.53/510$82,813
69Huma, Inc.53/531$74,838
70McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.54/540$140,000
71Rodale Institute52/510$59,134
72South Carolina State University52/520$55,000
73Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Inc.42/520$63,682
74Hsu's Ginseng Enterprises, Inc.42/512$74,048
75HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology43/521$64,491
76Jackson Family Wines, Inc.43/530$112,025
77JH Biotech, Inc.43/511$89,999
78Johnny's Selected Seeds42/510$92,168
79Sensient Natural Ingredients LLC42/520$95,000
80South Dakota State University44/511$53,000
81Texas A&M University-Kingsville43/530$55,900
82University of Massachusetts Amherst44/541$62,682
83UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL43/530$65,281
84American Cricket Enterprises LLC43/532$120,000
85Alabama A&M University33/520$51,600
86Central State University32/520$54,000
87Chicago District Golf Association32/520$55,000
88Enko Chem, Inc.33/520$132,945
89HM.Clause, Inc.32/510$80,000
90Kaveree, Inc.31/513$65,291
91Kentucky State University31/510$55,000
92Little Leaf PA LLC31/510$58,094
93Massachusetts Institute of Technology32/510$71,500
94National Tropical Botanical Garden32/510$52,042
95New York University32/510$60,000
96PhytoGenesis LLC31/510$90,000
97Rare Earth Genomics Texas LLC31/513$99,590
98Regrow Agriculture, Inc.32/520$75,379
99Sakata Seed America, Inc.33/511$91,000
100San Luis Obispo Seeds, Inc.32/520$110,000

Results use LCA applications appearing in the available Department of Labor disclosure history, grouped by received fiscal year. FY2026 is partial through Q3. An LCA is not a USCIS visa approval, and historical activity does not guarantee current hiring or future sponsorship.