Life, Physical & Social Sciences

Physicists

SOC Code: 19-2012

Explore H1B visa sponsorship data for Physicists positions. View salary ranges, top employers, and geographic distribution from 1,238 H1B filings (FY2022-2025).

Occupation Statistics

Total Employers
255 Sponsoring this role
H1B Filings
1,238 Total filings
Median Salary
$85,405 P50 across all filings
Salary Range
$60,995 - $166,761 P10 to P90

Top States for Physicists

California
CA
276
Illinois
IL
151
New York
NY
134
Massachusetts
MA
76
Texas
TX
62
New Mexico
NM
59
New Jersey
NJ
55
Maryland
MD
48

Top Employers

1 Triad National Security
59 filings
2 Fermi Research Alliance
48 filings
3 Brookhaven National Laboratory
43 filings
4 UT-Battelle - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
33 filings
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
30 filings
6 UChicago Argonne
28 filings
7 California Institute of Technology
27 filings
8 Lawrence Livermore National Security
26 filings

+ 42 more employers below

All Physicists H1B Sponsors

Employer Location Role Filings
Triad National Security Los Alamos, NM 59
Fermi Research Alliance Batavia, IL 48
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 43
UT-Battelle - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN 33
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 30
UChicago Argonne Argonne, IL 28
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA 27
Lawrence Livermore National Security Livermore, CA 26
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 26
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab Menlo Park, CA 26
The Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJ 22
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr. University Stanford, CA 20
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 19
Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Menlo Park, CA 17
Harvard University Cambridge, MA 16
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD 16
Columbia University New York, NY 15
The University of Chicago Chicago, IL 15
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 15
Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ 13
Fermi Forward Discovery Group Batavia, IL 13
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 13
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 13
University of Rochester Rochester, NY 12
University of Wisconsin System Madison, WI 12
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York, NY 12
University of Illinois Champaign, IL 10
Kent State University Kent, OH 10
Jefferson Science Associates Newport News, VA 10
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 10
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 10
Texas A&M University College Station, TX 10
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, NJ 9
Battelle Memorial Institute Columbus, OH 9
Northeastern University Boston, MA 9
Research Foundation of CUNY New York, NY 9
The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 9
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 9
The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 9
New York University New York, NY 8
The College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 8
Northwestern University Evanston, IL 8
University of Colorado Boulder, CO 8
The Simons Foundation New York, NY 8
Yale University New Haven, CT 8
Duke University Durham, NC 8
University of California, San Diego LA Jolla, CA 8
Varian Medical Systems Palo Alto, CA 7
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 7
University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 7

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About H1B Sponsorship for Physicists

Physicists positions (SOC 19-2012) are actively sponsored under the H1B visa program. Currently, 255 employers sponsor this role. The median salary for H1B-sponsored Physicists positions is $85,405.

The data shown on this page comes from official U.S. Department of Labor LCA (Labor Condition Application) disclosure files. These represent positions where employers have filed for H1B sponsorship, providing insights into salary benchmarks and hiring patterns.

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