H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Applications Physicist I

Occupation profile for Applications Physicist I covers 14 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $77,126.

FY2026 certified median
$77,126
Total filings
14
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$77,126–$77,126
Top employer
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20244UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
FY20258$60,402$60,400$60,403
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)2$77,126$77,126$77,126

FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Applications Physicist IFY2025 $60,402; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $77,126$0$30,000$60,000$90,000FY2025$60,402FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$77,126Certified median offer, Applications Physicist IFY2025 $60,402; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $77,126$0$30k$60k$90kFY2025$60,402FY2026*$77,126
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. Fermi Research Alliance, LLC8 filings
  2. Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC6 filings

Top cities

  1. Batavia14 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. Fermi Research Alliance, LLC · Applications Physicist I8 filings

Prevailing wages by area and occupation

The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.

Annual prevailing wage levels
Wage yearAreaSOCLevel ILevel IILevel IIILevel IV
2026-27Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 1698019-2012$83,616$111,155$138,674$166,213