DOL Verified Employer

Battelle Memorial Institute - Nuclear Engineers

Government-verified salary data from 1,175 US Department of Labor filings.

Median Salary
$86,284
4 DOL filings
WA Approval Rate 80.7% · most recent FY 2025
Median Salary
$86,284
Certified filings
DOL Filings
4
Certified: 948
Unique Job Titles
107
SOC occupations
Approval Rate
80.7%
Certified vs filed

Salary Range

Based on 4 certified filings
DOL-Filed Salary Range
$63,500$63,500$86,284$87,567$94,500
Prevailing Wage Premium - a TruthWage exclusive
+24.9%

Battelle Memorial Institute pays 24.9% above the DOL minimum wage floor for its filed positions.

The prevailing wage is the minimum salary DOL sets as the floor for this occupation and location. A positive premium means the employer pays above that floor. Source: DOL LCA filings.

Salary Trend

FY2012 - FY2025

Salaries by Job Title

50 occupations with DOL-filed salary data
Job TitleFilingsMedian Salaryvs MarketSalary Range
Chemists 97 $70,250 -16.5%
$65,000$65,000$70,250$78,043$78,043
19-2031.00 63 $83,140 N/A
$76,000$76,000$83,140$101,100$101,100
19-2021.00 60 $97,500 N/A
$76,962$76,962$97,500$109,534$109,534
19-2032.00 55 $99,118 N/A
$86,907$86,907$99,118$105,860$105,860
17-2041.00 52 $93,665 N/A
$83,500$83,500$93,665$102,765$102,765
Materials Scientists 45 $71,909 -31%
$62,000$62,000$71,909$82,000$82,000
17-2074.00 44 $118,195 N/A
$110,209$110,209$118,195$131,962$131,962
17-2074 41 $101,667 N/A
$95,000$95,000$101,667$114,800$114,800
15-1111 32 $97,028 N/A
$80,000$80,000$97,028$109,792$109,792
17-2071.00 32 $114,105 N/A
$99,550$99,550$114,105$124,447$124,447
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 30 $70,186 -28%
$67,980$67,980$70,186$88,775$88,775
Physicists 28 $80,750 -51.4%
$69,628$69,628$80,750$97,000$97,000
17-2144.00 26 $100,000 N/A
$91,538$91,538$100,000$116,457$116,457
Chemical Engineers 25 $76,000 -37.6%
$73,000$73,000$76,000$84,951$84,951
19-2042.00 25 $108,925 N/A
$98,886$98,886$108,925$114,150$114,150
19-2012.00 24 $107,037 N/A
$91,210$91,210$107,037$122,809$122,809
19-2041.00 24 $107,110 N/A
$81,160$81,160$107,110$124,413$124,413
17-2081.00 22 $98,039 N/A
$92,565$92,565$98,039$106,277$106,277
Engineers, All Other 21 $82,878 -29.6%
$81,000$81,000$82,878$86,694$86,694
17-2141.00 20 $98,039 N/A
$97,510$97,510$98,039$99,982$99,982
17-2053.00 18 $98,191 N/A
$91,210$91,210$98,191$122,458$122,458
Environmental Engineers 18 $76,000 -27%
$63,654$63,654$76,000$90,000$90,000
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers 18 $86,441 -12.9%
$82,000$82,000$86,441$92,000$92,000
Biochemists and Biophysicists 17 $75,000 -27.6%
$64,338$64,338$75,000$79,000$79,000
19-1021.00 17 $89,182 N/A
$79,748$79,748$89,182$100,000$100,000
Electrical Engineers 15 $89,979 -19.6%
$75,000$75,000$89,979$111,250$111,250
17-2144 14 $87,500 N/A
$75,500$75,500$87,500$96,000$96,000
17-2199.03 14 $98,333 N/A
$82,500$82,500$98,333$100,000$100,000
15-1221.00 13 $129,073 N/A
$84,000$84,000$129,073$137,280$137,280
Civil Engineers 11 $69,809 -29.9%
$67,000$67,000$69,809$70,000$70,000
15-1111.00 10 $116,464 N/A
$84,743$84,743$116,464$124,304$124,304
Mathematicians 10 $89,303 -26.6%
$88,000$88,000$89,303$96,000$96,000
15-2051.00 10 $124,200 N/A
$122,138$122,138$124,200$127,962$127,962
17-2053 10 $81,000 N/A
$73,329$73,329$81,000$94,648$94,648
Microbiologists 9 $67,980 -22.2%
$63,000$63,000$67,980$75,000$75,000
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 9 $85,000 -15.5%
$54,617$54,617$85,000$85,896$85,896
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 8 $92,327 -4.5%
$79,500$79,500$92,327$94,543$94,543
19-3092.00 8 $79,849 N/A
$77,649$77,649$79,849$121,831$121,831
Industrial Engineers 7 $78,647 -22.2%
$76,000$76,000$78,647$90,085$90,085
Mechanical Engineers 7 $87,000 -15%
$76,000$76,000$87,000$90,000$90,000
19-1029.01 7 $95,769 N/A
$79,299$79,299$95,769$97,235$97,235
17-2131.00 6 $97,509 N/A
$93,940$93,940$97,509$97,510$97,510
Biological Scientists, All Other 6 $75,648 -19%
$75,000$75,000$75,648$75,648$75,648
15-1296.00 5 $115,293 N/A
$85,882$85,882$115,293$134,471$134,471
17-1011.00 5 $106,399 N/A
Insufficient data for salary range.
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers 5 $86,708 -18.9%
$70,000$70,000$86,708$89,027$89,027
17-2051.00 5 $93,650 N/A
$93,300$93,300$93,650$94,000$94,000
19-2043.00 5 $108,426 N/A
$97,000$97,000$108,426$112,600$112,600
19-3011.01 5 $115,774 N/A
$94,000$94,000$115,774$122,165$122,165
15-1036 4 $82,056 N/A
Insufficient data for salary range.

Individual DOL Filings for Nuclear Engineers at Battelle Memorial Institute

DateSalaryPrevailing WageLevelLocationEducationStatusSource
Oct 2018 $87,567 $66,872 - RICHLAND WA N/A Certified LCA
Sep 2017 $94,500 $72,322 - RICHLAND WA N/A Certified LCA
Nov 2015 $85,000 $71,302 - RICHLAND WA N/A Certified LCA
Oct 2015 $63,500 $60,133 - RICHLAND WA N/A Certified LCA

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Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) public disclosure files (PERM Form ETA-9089 and LCA Form ETA-9035), and US Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Salary figures represent employer filings and government survey estimates, not individual worker pay.

Data covers DOL filings from 2011 to 2025.