Nucor — 63 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 13
- Filings · FY2025
- $100k
- Median base · FY2025
- Metallurgist
- Top role · 12 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 18 all-time
Nucor filed 13 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 117% from the year before), with a median base salary of $100k and the middle 50% of offers between $82k and $126k. Across all years it has 63 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Metallurgist in Texas.
How much does Nucor pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $100k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Nucor's H-1B hiring changed by year?
2 certified filings in FY2016 → 7 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 7 | −46% | $119k |
| FY2025 | 13 | +117% | $100k |
| FY2024 | 6 | −14% | $93k |
| FY2023 | 7 | +133% | $126k |
| FY2022 | 3 | −40% | $118k |
| FY2021 | 5 | +400% | $85k |
| FY2020 | 1 | −83% | $124k |
| FY2019 | 6 | −14% | $77k |
| FY2018 | 7 | +17% | $92k |
| FY2017 | 6 | +200% | $88k |
| FY2016 | 2 | — | $46k |
Which wage levels does Nucor file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 43% of Nucor's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 61 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I13.1%8
- Level II44.3%27
- Level III27.9%17
- Level IV14.8%9
What jobs does Nucor sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Metallurgist | 12 | $89k |
| Process Engineer | 4 | $74k |
| Environmental Technician | 4 | $71k |
| SAP Quote to Cash Functional Analyst | 3 | $118k |
| Level 2 Automation Engineer | 2 | $95k |
| Automation Engineer | 2 | $72k |
| Group Technology Services Manager | 2 | $150k |
| Melt Shop Day Lmf/Vtd Supervisor | 2 | $85k |
| Power Engineer | 2 | $126k |
| Process Metallurgist | 2 | $100k |
Where does Nucor hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| TX | 18 | $118k |
| AR | 16 | $92k |
| KY | 14 | $93k |
| NC | 5 | $102k |
| SC | 3 | $95k |
| IN | 3 | $52k |
| NE | 2 | $150k |
| UT | 2 | $67k |
What has Nucor filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 63 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Nucor's H-1B filings
- How much does Nucor pay H-1B workers?
- Nucor's median certified H-1B base salary is $100k (FY2025), from 13 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Nucor sponsor?
- Nucor has 63 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Nucor sponsor for H-1B?
- Nucor's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Metallurgist, Process Engineer, Environmental Technician, SAP Quote to Cash Functional Analyst.
- Where does Nucor hire H-1B workers?
- Nucor's top H-1B worksite states are TX, AR, KY, NC.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →