H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Assistant Physicist

Occupation profile for Assistant Physicist covers 10 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $99,362.

FY2026 certified median
$99,362
Total filings
10
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$99,362–$99,362
Top employer
UChicago Argonne LLC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20247$84,094$83,273$84,094
FY20251$90,063$90,063$90,063
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)2$99,362$99,362$99,362

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, Assistant PhysicistFY2024 $84,094; FY2025 $90,063; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $99,362$0$40,000$80,000$120,000FY2024$84,094FY2025$90,063FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$99,362Certified median offer, Assistant PhysicistFY2024 $84,094; FY2025 $90,063; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $99,362$0$40k$80k$120kFY2024$84,094FY2025$90,063FY2026*$99,362
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. UChicago Argonne LLC9 filings
  2. City of Hope National Medical Center1 filings

Top cities

  1. Lemont9 filings
  2. Irvine1 filings

Filings by employer and title

  1. UChicago Argonne LLC · Assistant Physicist9 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
2026-27Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 3108019-2012$98,405$131,726$165,048$198,370