SOC 17-2161.00
Nuclear Engineers — H-1B sponsors
Employers filing Labor Condition Applications under SOC 17-2161.00, ranked by filings in this occupation.
- Sponsors
- 11
- Filings
- 31
- Job titles
- 21
- Median wage
- $123,750
Distinct employers among the top 100 for this occupation
Applications those employers filed under this SOC code
Distinct titles employers gave the same occupation
Offered wage, derived from $5,000 bands
31 disclosed positions
Top sponsors
Ranked by filings under this occupation, not by company size.
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
Idaho Falls, ID · Utilities
12this role
31 lifetime
last filed FY2026
UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY)
OAK RIDGE, TN · Scientific Research and Development Services
5this role
130 lifetime
last filed FY2026
UChicago Argonne, LLC
Lemont, IL · Scientific Research and Development Services
4this role
51 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Triad National Security, LLC
Los Alamos, NM · Scientific Research and Development Services
2this role
47 lifetime
last filed FY2026
University of Wisconsin System
Madison, WI · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
2this role
161 lifetime
last filed FY2026
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
1this role
61 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Research Foundation of CUNY
New York, NY · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
1this role
18 lifetime
last filed FY2026
The Curators of the University of Missouri/Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
1this role
10 lifetime
last filed FY2026
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
1this role
101 lifetime
last filed FY2026
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
1this role
114 lifetime
last filed FY2026
University of Maryland College Park
College Park, MD · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
1this role
79 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Job titles filed under this code
The title is whatever the employer wrote on the application. Nothing here is reclassified or normalised.
| Job title as filed | Filings | Positions | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Engineer | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Computational Scientist (Nuclear) | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| SCIENTIST I | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| ADVANCED REACTOR MODELING AND SIMULATION ENGINEER | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Assistant Research Professor | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Assistant Research Scientist | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Computational Scientist/Nuclear Fuel Performance Modeler | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Eugene Wigner Distinguished Fellow | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROLS ENGINEER (NUCLEAR) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nuclear Criticality Safety - R&D Staff | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nuclear Data Analyst | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NUCLEAR ENG./MATERIALS ANALYSIS POSTDOC. RESEARCH ASSOC. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| NUCLEAR ENGINEER (ACOUSTIC SENSORS) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nuclear Engineer (Molecular Dynamics) | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ranking and totals are computed over the 100 largest sponsors of this occupation, which is what the precomputed ranking holds. Filing counts are applications, and position counts are worker positions on those applications — neither is a headcount, because a continued-employment application renews someone who is already here. Wage distribution for this occupation.