Geospace Technologies H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026
Oil and Gas Field Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing · H-1B sponsor · FY2017–2026
🏢 Houston, TX HQ🌐 geospace.com
Does Geospace Technologies sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?
Yes. Geospace Technologies has filed 9 H-1B LCAs and 3 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2026 Geospace Technologies filed 2 H-1B LCAs. 1 green-card case was decided in FY2019.
It files most often for Development Engineer roles, most in Houston, TX.
H-1B pay & filings by year
Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year
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| Fiscal year | H-1B LCA filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (partial) | 2 | $128k |
| FY2023 | 2 | $96k |
| FY2020 | 3 | $84k |
| FY2017 | 2 | $72k |
A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.
H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes
What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided
Roles they file for
Where they hire
Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year
Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †
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| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 1 | $88k |
| FY2018 | 2 | $80k |
Green-card route and outcomes
Worker backgrounds · FY2017–2024
Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from
Patents
- Granted
- 11
- US patents
- Published, not yet granted
- 12
- applications
- Most recent grant
- June 14, 2016
- Top area
- Geophysics; gravitational measurements9
Pay against the local market
Geospace Technologies’s most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 76% of the local BLS median for the same work.
| Occupation | Metro | Filings | Geospace Technologies pay | Local BLS median‡ | vs market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical Engineers | Houston, TX | 4 | $91,821 | $111,498 | 82% |
| Geoscientists | Houston, TX | 3 | $80,201 | $160,090 | 50% |
| Electrical Engineers | Houston, TX | 2 | $112,330 | $108,715 | 103% |
About Geospace Technologies
Geospace Technologies is an engineering software company based in Houston, TX. It is listed on Nasdaq as GEOS.
- Name (DOL filings)
- Geospace Technologies
- Listed
- Nasdaq: GEOS
- Incorporated in
- Texas
- Headquarters
- 7007 Pinemont Dr., Houston, TX 77040
- Industry (SIC)
- Measuring & Controlling Devices, NEC (3829)
- Employees (US, est)
- 470 (2024)
- Revenue FY2025
- $111M -18% from $136M
- Net income FY2025
- $-10M -48% from $-7M
- R&D FY2025
- $19M (17% of revenue)
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