Petroleum Geo-Services — 36 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2025)
- 1
- Filings · FY2025
- $119k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Research Geophysicist
- Top role · 4 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 36 all-time
Petroleum Geo-Services filed 1 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025, with a median base salary of $119k and the middle 50% of offers between $119k and $119k. That is 3% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 36 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Research Geophysicist in Texas.
How much does Petroleum Geo-Services 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. $119k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Petroleum Geo-Services's H-1B hiring changed by year?
6 certified filings in FY2016 → 1 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1 | 0% | $119k |
| FY2024 | 1 | −67% | $118k |
| FY2022 | 3 | +200% | $103k |
| FY2021 | 1 | −50% | $106k |
| FY2020 | 2 | −33% | $82k |
| FY2019 | 3 | −62% | $107k |
| FY2018 | 8 | −27% | $96k |
| FY2017 | 11 | +83% | $124k |
| FY2016 | 6 | — | $87k |
Which wage levels does Petroleum Geo-Services file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 7% of Petroleum Geo-Services'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 27 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I44.4%12
- Level II48.1%13
- Level III3.7%1
- Level IV3.7%1
What jobs does Petroleum Geo-Services 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Research Geophysicist | 4 | $124k |
| Seismic Imaging Analyst II | 4 | $77k |
| Project Geophysicist I | 3 | $103k |
| Seismic Imaging Analyst I | 3 | $95k |
| Research Geophysicist | 2 | $116k |
| Senior Geophysicist | 2 | $90k |
| Section Manager Architecture Group | 2 | $130k |
| Staff Geophysicist | 2 | $138k |
| Project Interpreter | 1 | $106k |
| Seismic Imaging Analyst | 1 | $82k |
Where does Petroleum Geo-Services 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 | 36 | $100k |
What has Petroleum Geo-Services filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Petroleum Geo-Services: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Petroleum Geo-Services's H-1B filings
- How much does Petroleum Geo-Services pay H-1B workers?
- Petroleum Geo-Services's median certified H-1B base salary is $119k (FY2025), from 1 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Petroleum Geo-Services sponsor?
- Petroleum Geo-Services has 36 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Petroleum Geo-Services sponsor for H-1B?
- Petroleum Geo-Services's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Research Geophysicist, Seismic Imaging Analyst II, Project Geophysicist I, Seismic Imaging Analyst I.
- Where does Petroleum Geo-Services hire H-1B workers?
- Petroleum Geo-Services's top H-1B worksite states are TX.
- 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–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →