Which employers sponsor the most H-1B visas for physicists?

In this window: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC, Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab and University of Maryland College Park. The full table above ranks the top employers by certified LCAs.

What do H-1B physicists get paid?

The median offered wage on full-time filings was $89,300 a year, with the middle half between $75,000 – $139,300. Offered wages are what employers stated on the filing; actual pay can differ.

What is SOC code 19-2012?

It is the Standard Occupational Classification code for Physicists. Employers file under their own job titles; the Department of Labor assigns each filing an occupation code, which this page groups by.

H-1B sponsor data

H-1B sponsors for physicists

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Employers with certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in occupation 19-2012 (Physicists), decided between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026 (FY2026 Q3 release).

An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.

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Which companies sponsor H-1B visas for physicists?

241 employers had 927 certified H-1B LCAs for physicists in the window. The most active were Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC and Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory). The median offered wage on full-time filings was $89,300 a year. New York had the most worksites. An LCA shows an employer has filed to hire H-1B workers in a role. It is not a job offer and does not mean a specific opening will be sponsored.

At a glance
Certified H-1B LCAs	927
Employers filing	241
Median offered wage (full-time)	$89,300
Middle 50% of offered wages	$75,000 – $139,300
Most common worksite state	New York

Top H-1B sponsors for physicists

Employers ranked by certified H-1B LCAs in this occupation.

Top H-1B sponsors for physicists
Rank	Employer	Certified LCAs
1	Brookhaven National Laboratory	154
2	Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC	29
3	Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)	29
4	Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	19
5	University of Maryland College Park	17
6	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	16
7	The Simons Foundation Inc.	14
8	Triad National Security, LLC	14
9	California Institute of Technology	13
10	Columbia University	13
11	Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	13
12	The Leland Stanford, Jr University	13
13	The Trustees of Princeton University	12
14	UChicago Argonne, LLC	12
15	University of California, Berkeley	12
16	Harvard University	11
17	University of Michigan	11
18	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	10
19	precess medical derivatives	10
20	University of Rochester	10
21	W.M. Rice University	9
22	Mayo Clinic	8
23	Applied Materials, Inc	7
24	Duke University	7
25	Johns Hopkins University	7
26	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	7
27	University of California at Santa Barbara	7
28	The University of Chicago	7
29	The University of Kansas Medical Center	7
30	The University of Tennessee	7

Median offered wage by level

The prevailing-wage level on each filing, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent), with the median offered wage at that level.

Level I (entry)$78,000
Level II (qualified)$130,000
Level III (experienced)$155,000
Level IV (fully competent)$200,000

Where the jobs are

State

Job titles filed under this occupation

Employers write their own job titles; DOL assigns the occupation code. These are the most common titles.

Medical Physicist53
Research Scientist42
Research Staff 3 Physics40
Postdoctoral Associate38
Research Associate Physics37
Postdoctoral Research Associate35
Postdoctoral Fellow27
Research Associate26
Research Staff 4 Physics24
Postdoctoral Scholar22
Assistant Research Scientist14
Associate Research Scientist13

Frequently asked questions

Which employers sponsor the most H-1B visas for physicists?: In this window: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC, Ut-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab and University of Maryland College Park. The full table above ranks the top employers by certified LCAs.
What do H-1B physicists get paid?: The median offered wage on full-time filings was $89,300 a year, with the middle half between $75,000 – $139,300. Offered wages are what employers stated on the filing; actual pay can differ.
What is SOC code 19-2012?: It is the Standard Occupational Classification code for Physicists. Employers file under their own job titles; the Department of Labor assigns each filing an occupation code, which this page groups by.

Other occupations

Source and method

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification: LCA Programs (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3) disclosure data, FY2026 Q3 release, decisions from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. DOL performance data page

Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) with case status Certified and visa class H-1B, decided in the 12-month window above. Cases certified and later withdrawn, denied cases and withdrawn cases are listed separately.
Employers are grouped by their filed legal name after removing punctuation and legal forms such as Inc. or LLC, so related companies that file under different legal names (for example a parent and a subsidiary) appear separately.
Wages are the lower end of the wage range the employer stated on full-time LCAs, converted to a yearly amount. They are offered wages on a filing, not salary data, and actual pay can differ.
DOL may revise individual records in later releases. Ruubu republishes the figures after each quarterly release.

This is U.S. government public-domain data credited to the U.S. Department of Labor. Ruubu aggregates it and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Labor.

Data imported October 24, 2026. Source page checked October 24, 2026.

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