Research and science
Physicists: who sponsors, and what they pay
Every certified Labor Condition Application for this occupation in the period covered, with the wage each employer told the Department of Labor it would pay.
Certified LCAs
749
H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3
Median wage offered
$99,225
per year
Middle half earn
$77K to $144K
25th to 75th percentile
Employers filing
200+
Employers filing for Physicists
| Employer | LCAs | Median wage |
|---|---|---|
| Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton | 149 | $125,442 |
| Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC Batavia | 21 | $99,361 |
| Ut-Battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory) Oak Ridge | 17 | $115,800 |
| Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab Menlo Park | 16 | $134,000 |
| University of Maryland, College Park College Park | 15 | $75,750 |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley | 14 | $163,512 |
| University of California, Berkeley Berkeley | 11 | $85,000 |
| The Trustees of Princeton University Princeton | 11 | $84,477 |
| Harvard University Cambridge | 10 | $72,500 |
| Precess Medical Derivatives Short Hills | 10 | $98,800 |
| Columbia University New York | 10 | $78,347 |
| Triad National Security, LLC Los Alamos | 9 | $163,621 |
| California Institute of Technology Pasadena | 9 | $81,288 |
| Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC Livermore | 9 | $186,056 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge | 9 | $83,500 |
Top 200 employers for this occupationThe full ranked list, with each employer's median wage, is part of Pro.
See ProSource: US Department of Labor (OFLC) and US Citizenship and Immigration Services · OFLC disclosure data (Labor Condition Applications, PERM) and the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 5 Oct 2026
Data as of 30 Jun 2026 · covers LCA FY2026 Q1 to Q3; PERM FY2026 Q1 to Q3; USCIS H-1B decisions FY2024 to FY2026 · last fetched 5 Oct 2026