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GEOSCIENTIST salaries

7,594 H-1B & PERM records for "GEOSCIENTIST", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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$100425

Average Salary

$7000

Minimum

$989280

Maximum

Active filters: Job: GEOSCIENTIST
Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
NOBLE ENERGY, INC. SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST HOUSTON, TX $170000 H-1B Oct 28, 2009
CHEVRON CORPORATION GEOLOGIST HOUSTON, TX $169900 H-1B Mar 21, 2016
CHEVRON CORPORATION GEOLOGIST HOUSTON, TX $169900 H-1B Mar 14, 2016
BP America Inc. Geophysicist, Imaging Research & Development Unit Houston, TX $169800 - $217000 H-1B Feb 27, 2026
Shell Information Technology Internatio… Data Scientist San Francisco, CA $169600 H-1B Jan 18, 2021
Oil Search (Alaska), LLC Senior Development Geophysicist Anchorage, AK $169541 E-3 Apr 7, 2020
BP AMERICA INC. GEOPHYSICIST HOUSTON, TX $169400 H-1B Jun 4, 2014
Shell Exploration & Production Company Geophysics Houston, TX $169100 H-1B May 5, 2020
Shell Exploration & Production Company Geophysicist Houston, TX $169100 H-1B May 5, 2020
QUANTUM RESERVOIR IMPACT Geoscientists HOUSTON, TX $169000 Green Card 2012
REPSOL SERVICES COMPANY Geoscientist, Except Hydrologists and Geographers THE WOODLANDS, TX $168522 - $172000 Green Card 2012
WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL INC VICE PRESIDENT GEOSCIENCES SERVICES HOUSTON, TX $168522 - $187600 H-1B Apr 25, 2011
BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY (USA) INC. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers HOUSTON, TX $168522 Green Card 2011
QUANTUM RESERVOIR IMPACT, LLC ANALYST, RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION HOUSTON, TX $168522 - $170000 H-1B Sep 8, 2010
VANCO EXPLORATION COMPANY REGIONAL GEOLOGIST HOUSTON, TX $168522 H-1B Sep 14, 2010
SHELL OIL COMPANY Exlporation Geologist HOUSTON, TX $168200 Green Card Oct 22, 2018
DeGolyer and MacNaughton Corporation Senior Geologist $168000 Green Card Dec 29, 2023
DeGolyer and MacNaughton Corporation Senior Geologist Dallas, TX $168000 H-1B Jan 20, 2023
THE FERVID GROUP GEOPHYSICIST HOUSTON, TX $168000 H-1B Aug 28, 2015
SIGMA CUBED INC. GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF BOREHOLE SEISMIC PROCESSING HOUSTON, TX $168000 H-1B Jun 12, 2015
DOWNUNDER AMERICAS LLC LEAD GEOPHYSICIST HOUSTON, TX $168000 E-3 Jun 29, 2012
BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY (USA), INC. SENIOR DEVELOPMENT GEOLOGIST HOUSTON, TX $168000 H-1B Jul 20, 2011
CHEVRON CORPORATION SEISMIC VELOCITY MODELING GEOPHYSICIST HOUSTON, TX $167954 E-3 Jun 28, 2018
TGS-NOPEC GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY SENIOR ADVISING GEOPHYSICIST HOUSTON, TX $167723 H-1B Nov 10, 2011
BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY (USA), INC. GEOLOGIST HOUSTON, TX $167644 H-1B Jun 4, 2014
SHELL OIL COMPANY Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Houston, TX $167524 - $169524 Green Card 2014
EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY GEOSCIENCE ASSOCIATE SPRING, TX $167523 - $257800 H-1B Mar 10, 2015
STATOIL GULF SERVICES LLC SENIOR GEOLOGIST HOUSTON, TX $167523 H-1B Mar 12, 2015
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION SENIOR GEOSCIENTIST HOUSTON, TX $167523 - $257800 H-1B Apr 28, 2015
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION GEOSCIENCE ASSOCIATE SPRING, TX $167523 - $257800 H-1B Apr 29, 2015
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION GEOSCIENCE ASSOCIATE HOUSTON, TX $167523 - $216700 H-1B Aug 13, 2014
CHEVRON CORPORATION GEOPHYSICIST HOUSTON, TX $167523 H-1B Jul 17, 2014
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION GEOSCIENCE ASSOCIATE HOUSTON, TX $167523 - $216700 H-1B Aug 27, 2014
Equinor US Operations LLC Principal Geologist Houston, TX $167324 H-1B Sep 18, 2020
Equinor US Operations LLC Senior Geologist Houston, TX $167324 H-1B Mar 23, 2020
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Earth Research Scientist Berkeley, CA $167268 H-1B Apr 19, 2024
CGG SERVICES (U.S.) INC. IMAGING SUPERVISOR HOUSTON, TX $167100 H-1B Jun 25, 2018
Amni International Petroleum Resources,… Staff Geoscientist The Woodlands, TX $167000 H-1B May 31, 2022
ConocoPhillips Company Senior Geologist Anchorage, AK $166656 - $193920 Green Card Jan 12, 2022
DRL ENGINEERING LLC GEOLOGIST - PETROLEUM SYSTEM ANALYST HOUSTON, TX $166400 H-1B Feb 1, 2014
DRL ENGINEERING PROJECT ENGINEERING HOUSTON, TX $166400 H-1B Jan 18, 2014
Chevron Corporation Seismic Stratigrapher Houston, TX $166200 H-1B May 11, 2020
CHEVRON CORPORATION TEAM LEADER SEAL AND TRAP HOUSTON, TX $166200 H-1B May 3, 2013
Schlumberger Technology Corporation Exploration Geophysicist Houston, TX $166050 - $181050 H-1B Jul 22, 2025
EOG Resources, Inc. Senior Geologist Denver, CO $166000 - $170000 H-1B Dec 18, 2019
CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION GEOLOGIST BAKERSFIELD, CA $166000 H-1B Mar 22, 2018
CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION Petrophysical Advisor LONG BEACH, CA $166000 Green Card Jul 5, 2017
CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION PETROPHYSICAL ADVISOR BAKERSFIELD, CA $166000 H-1B Feb 16, 2017
NEWCREST RESOURCES, INC. SENIOR PROJECT GEOLOGIST Glendale, CO $165973 E-3 Jan 22, 2019
NEWCREST RESOURCES, INC. SENIOR PROJECT GEOLOGIST Glendale, CO $165973 H-1B Feb 14, 2019
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