H-1B Wage Lookup

Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)

Physicist

Occupation profile for Physicist covers 32 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $166,893.

FY2026 certified median
$166,893
Total filings
32
FY2026 25th–75th percentile
$122,670–$209,168
Top employer
UChicago Argonne LLC
Certified offers by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsMedian25th percentile75th percentile
FY20248$103,000$101,756$135,131
FY202515$138,936$121,618$226,387
FY2026 (Q1–Q3)9$166,893$122,670$209,168

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

Median offer by fiscal year

Certified median offer, PhysicistFY2024 $103,000; FY2025 $138,936; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $166,893$0$60,000$120,000$180,000FY2024$103,000FY2025$138,936FY2026 (Q1–Q3)$166,893Certified median offer, PhysicistFY2024 $103,000; FY2025 $138,936; FY2026 (Q1–Q3) $166,893$0$60k$120k$180kFY2024$103,000FY2025$138,936FY2026*$166,893
Certified H-1B LCAs, $15k–$2M, DOL OFLC

Top employers

  1. UChicago Argonne LLC5 filings
  2. Battelle Memorial Institute4 filings
  3. Monstr Sense Technologies3 filings
  4. UPCI Cancer Services3 filings
  5. Error Corp.2 filings
  6. Lancaster General Hospital2 filings
  7. Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute1 filings
  8. BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC1 filings
  9. Brigham and Women's Hospital1 filings
  10. City of Hope National Medical Center1 filings

Top cities

  1. Lemont5 filings
  2. Ann Arbor3 filings
  3. Greensburg3 filings
  4. Richland3 filings
  5. Bethesda2 filings
  6. New York2 filings
  7. Lancaster2 filings
  8. Duarte1 filings
  9. San Francisco1 filings
  10. Jacksonville1 filings

Filings by employer and title

    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
    2026-27Kennewick-Richland, WAArea 2842019-2012$95,534$122,158$148,803$175,427
    2026-27Pittsburgh, PAArea 3830019-2012$150,051$180,482$210,912$241,342
    2026-27Ann Arbor, MIArea 1146019-2012$62,213$81,245$100,256$119,288
    2026-27Lancaster, PAArea 2954019-2012$76,669$120,328$164,008$207,667
    2026-27New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 3562029-9099$60,445$82,971$105,498$128,024
    2026-27Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVArea 4790019-2012$114,254$141,814$169,395$196,955
    2026-27Ann Arbor, MIArea 1146017-2199$77,501$98,093$118,706$139,298
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-2012$80,766$105,186$129,584$154,003
    2026-27Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NHArea 1446019-2021$71,656$94,474$117,291$140,109