Shell Exploration Production — 28 certified H-1B filings (FY2020–FY2026)
- 3
- Filings · FY2025
- $150k
- Median base · FY2025
- Exploration Geoscientist
- Top role · 10 all-time
- TX
- Top state · 26 all-time
Shell Exploration Production filed 3 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025, with a median base salary of $150k and the middle 50% of offers between $141k and $159k. That is 27% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 28 certified filings since FY2020, most often for Exploration Geoscientist in Texas.
How much does Shell Exploration Production 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. $150k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Shell Exploration Production's H-1B hiring changed by year?
11 certified filings in FY2020 → 1 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 1 | −67% | $147k |
| FY2025 | 3 | 0% | $150k |
| FY2024 | 3 | −25% | $138k |
| FY2023 | 4 | −33% | $140k |
| FY2022 | 6 | −45% | $150k |
| FY2020 | 11 | — | $143k |
Which wage levels does Shell Exploration Production file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 4% of Shell Exploration Production'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 28 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I10.7%3
- Level II85.7%24
- Level IV3.6%1
What jobs does Shell Exploration Production 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exploration Geoscientist | 10 | $150k |
| Reservoir Engineer | 3 | $140k |
| Geophysicist | 3 | $154k |
| Subsurface Engineer | 2 | $137k |
| Subsurface Geoscientist | 2 | $134k |
| Petroleum Engineer - Pp | 1 | $147k |
| Petroleum Engineer-Re | 1 | $138k |
| Petrophysical Engineer | 1 | $143k |
| Geophysics | 1 | $169k |
| Senior Chemical Engineer | 1 | $150k |
Where does Shell Exploration Production 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 | 26 | $146k |
| LA | 2 | $137k |
What has Shell Exploration Production filed recently?
Every certified LCA on record for Shell Exploration Production: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Shell Exploration Production's H-1B filings
- How much does Shell Exploration Production pay H-1B workers?
- Shell Exploration Production's median certified H-1B base salary is $150k (FY2025), from 3 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Shell Exploration Production sponsor?
- Shell Exploration Production has 28 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2020–FY2026).
- What jobs does Shell Exploration Production sponsor for H-1B?
- Shell Exploration Production's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Exploration Geoscientist, Reservoir Engineer, Geophysicist, Subsurface Engineer.
- Where does Shell Exploration Production hire H-1B workers?
- Shell Exploration Production's top H-1B worksite states are TX, LA.
- 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 (FY2020–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →