SponsorWage

Physicists visa sponsorship salary

Across 1,231 certified work-visa filings classified under SOC 19-2012, the median wage for Physicists is $85,000. The middle half falls between $70,000 and $123,360; the top decile begins at $175,500.

This page groups every job title employers filed under this occupation code, so it covers the same work described as Medical Physicist, Postdoctoral Research Staff, Technologist and others.

Median
$85,000
25th pct
$70,000
75th pct
$123,360
90th pct
$175,500
Filings
1,231

Who sponsors Physicists

Ranked by number of certified filings for this occupation

Employers filing Physicists, with wage percentiles
EmployerFilings25thMedian75th
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC72$66,706$84,900$97,448
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab47$81,065$104,083$127,000
Triad National Security, LLC46$101,128$106,727$145,500
Ut-battelle, LLC (oak Ridge National Laboratory)39$91,643$127,603$150,736
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC32$128,916$186,719$198,990
The Trustees of Princeton University31$71,381$76,000$109,220
Brookhaven National Laboratory30$87,675$128,225$148,449
University of Maryland, College Park28$67,018$78,592$83,173
Massachusetts Institute of Technology28$72,000$78,000$85,500
UChicago Argonne LLC25$70,758$70,758$90,063
Precess Medical Derivatives20$93,600$95,340$104,520
The Leland Stanford, Jr University20$81,500$84,070$90,300
The Simons Foundation Inc.18$91,000$91,000$140,000
California Institute of Technology18$72,723$79,601$84,750
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC16$63,851$83,304$89,435
Johns Hopkins University16$74,066$77,000$87,278
Columbia University15$70,850$74,263$79,319
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory14$102,378$139,180$154,200
Harvard University14$70,050$72,650$76,960
The University of Texas at Austin14$60,000$62,429$67,793
University of Michigan11$63,375$75,000$84,562
Battelle Memorial Institute10$98,508$114,070$127,754
Duke University10$77,625$84,989$85,000
University of California, Berkeley10$73,096$79,267$81,536
Purdue University10$58,946$63,008$77,913
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center9$200,000$215,000$220,000
The Ohio State University9$62,838$105,000$189,789
The Florida State University9$65,000$78,780$85,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University9$62,878$62,878$63,000
University of Illinois9$59,779$61,900$65,000
Jefferson Science Associates, LLC8$113,750$123,096$125,825
Michigan State University8$68,896$106,530$129,376
University of Rochester8$81,250$89,000$100,000
University of California, Los Angeles8$77,106$82,100$86,570
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania8$69,000$69,170$82,500
Northwestern University8$67,000$68,000$71,250
UT Southwestern Medical Center8$66,918$66,918$68,358
W.m. Rice University8$60,000$61,533$68,281
Texas A&M University8$55,028$58,501$63,465
KLA Corporation7$162,339$167,648$184,240
University of Maryland, Baltimore County7$91,050$98,600$101,429
University of California, San Diego7$72,403$79,391$91,967
Regents of the University of California at Riverside7$62,435$74,425$78,190
University of California at Santa Barbara7$73,016$74,425$76,900
North Carolina State University7$62,878$70,000$72,500
The University of Chicago7$62,775$68,964$72,500
New York University7$68,058$68,058$72,529
Mayo Clinic6$102,210$187,429$203,830
Applied Materials, Inc.6$155,573$162,525$179,958
QuEra Computing Inc.6$135,400$148,500$179,750
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory6$99,201$140,049$144,092
Institute for Advanced Study6$86,250$97,250$104,500
Trustees of Boston University6$78,525$89,550$102,690
University of Colorado6$72,057$84,114$92,700
University of California, Irvine6$76,670$83,690$103,325
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey6$66,950$80,742$186,719
Washington University6$67,000$75,995$171,097
University of Wisconsin System6$70,595$75,000$78,833
Yale University6$70,530$72,000$72,375
General Hospital Corporation6$70,438$71,974$86,518

By state

Where this occupation is filed from

Physicists filings and median wage by state
StateFilingsMedian
California254$103,992
Illinois166$76,745
New York126$90,000
Massachusetts75$77,800
Texas64$65,000
Maryland60$78,735
New Jersey56$87,794
New Mexico49$105,814
Tennessee47$121,500
Virginia29$68,355
Michigan28$89,124
Pennsylvania24$91,800
Ohio23$71,739
Florida21$85,000
North Carolina20$76,500

Job titles in this occupation

The exact wording employers used on their filings

Job titles filed under SOC 19-2012
Job titleFilingsMedian
Medical Physicist57$133,500
Postdoctoral Research Staff36$128,916
Technologist27$119,600
Assistant Researcher24$95,850
Associate Project Scientist22$92,650
Medical Physics Resident14$70,962
Physicist14$134,067
Research Faculty I14$80,500
Visiting Assistant Research Scientist13$102,000
Posdoctoral Research Affiliate13$77,711
Research Assistant Scientist10$87,210
Research Scientist (physicist)10$190,974
Staff Research Physicist9$126,099
Applications Physicist I8$60,402
Staff Scientist II8$92,870
Radiation Physicist8$198,544
Member7$90,000
Applications Physicist II6$84,906
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Physics6$72,000
Research Staff 4 Physics6$143,170
Investigator/assistant Professor6$145,000
Physicist/scientist5$183,023
Instructor in Investigation5$72,197
Clinical Instructor House Staff5$81,016
Research Staff 3 Physics5$129,375
Clinical Medical Physics Resident5$66,918
Research Associate - Experimental5$80,000
Physical Science Research Professional (heds)4$85,238
Associate Research Physicist4$103,222
Health Physicist 34$147,198
Research Associate Physics4$81,543
Neutrino Scientist4$102,705
Physicist Research Scientist / Engineer4$161,400
Engineering Physicist III4$97,448
Medical Physicist, Assistant Professor4$205,363
Liquid Argon R&d Physicist4$84,903
Medical Physicist - Radiation Oncology3$170,980
Diagnostic Medical Physicist3$194,000
Research Staff Member (physicist)3$195,945
Clinical Physicist Investigator3$142,055
Radiation Physicist 23$189,789
Research Staff 6 Physics3$196,116
Postdoctoral Research Assistant III3$62,878
Research Associate - Theoretical3$76,987
Postdoctoral Research Associate III3$65,640
Ai Research Associate3$85,000
Lead Optical Engineer3$129,215
Research Professional 62$62,920
Postdoctoral Research Staff (physicist)2$108,420
Postdoctoral Associate - Physics2$60,000
Research Associate 2 (particle Physics Electronics Engineer)2$63,285
Post Doctorate Research Associate (physicist)2$97,065
Experimental High Energy / Nuclear Physicist2$145,710
Resident, Clinical Medical Physics2$76,000
Research Associate (physicist)2$84,114
Computer Scientist (physicists)2$114,070
Research Staff 5 Physics2$162,861
Postdoc Scholar Employee2$74,425
Guest Scientist2$151,799
Quantum Computing Engineer2$75,798

The DOL publishes new filings quarterly. One email per release, nothing else.

SOC 19-2012 is the federal occupation code the employer assigned to these filings. It is chosen by the employer and reviewed by the Department of Labor, so it is more consistent than the free-text job title — but two companies can still classify similar work differently. Where a title looks misplaced, the wage level usually explains more of the gap than the code does.