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Nuclear Engineer is a Nuclear Electric Power Generation 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
Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc 85 Nuclear Electric Power Generation $76,160
Ut-battelle, Llc (oak Ridge National Laboratory) 31 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences $78,941
Uchicago Argonne Llc 22 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) $70,015
University Of Michigan 20 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $64,663
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc 15 Engineering Services $84,328
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 9 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $48,476
Holtec International 9 Engineering Services $93,977
Kairos Power Llc 8 Nuclear Electric Power Generation $134,342
H3d, Inc. 8 Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing $75,189
National Resource Management, Llc 7 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction $110,067

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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All NAICS data was obtained from the NAICS website.    All SOC data was obtained from the O*Net database.