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Nuclear Engineer is a Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools job with over 403 current openings filled by an H1B employee. Most Nuclear Engineers are hired by companies in the Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services industry. The average H1B Nuclear Engineers job lasts 1,007 days.


Jobs Hired
403
Hiring Companies
114
Hiring Industries
36
Average Salary
$77,974
Approved
82%


What do Nuclear Engineers do?

Conduct research on nuclear engineering projects or apply principles and theory of nuclear science to problems concerned with release, control, and use of nuclear energy and nuclear waste disposal.

Source: O-NET OnLine



Top Nuclear Engineers Companies

Company # of Positions Industry Salary
The University Of Tennessee 6 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $57,727
Purdue University 6 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $51,074
Framatome, Inc. 6 Nuclear Electric Power Generation $80,593
University Of California, Berkeley 5 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $66,028
Texas Engineering Experiment Station 5 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences $66,814
Texas A&m Engineering Experiment Station 5 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences $54,106
Oregon State University 5 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $76,741
North Carolina State University 5 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $51,268
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology 5 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $68,607
Energysolutions, Llc 5 Environmental Consulting Services $122,695

Top Nuclear Engineers Industries

Industry Jobs Salary
Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services 4 $70,112
Electric Power Distribution 4 $90,589
Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 4 $106,694
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities 3 $112,861
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution 3 $82,451
Electric Power Generation 3 $81,259
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) 2 $89,503
Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations 1 $102,939
Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) 1 $115,398
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 1 $153,275

Nuclear Engineers Jobs Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

Nuclear Engineers has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where they hired 37 employees. This job peaked in 2023 with 52 employees, and the recent trend shows the average number of employees on an incline.
Nuclear Engineers has been a job in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where the average salary was $77,096. This job peaked in 2017 with an average salary of $86,716, and has since been on a decline with the most recent average salary being $65,942 in 2023.


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