Assistant Physicist, H-1B salary
What 99 H-1B filings report for “Assistant Physicist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Assistant Physicist?
$98k median H-1B base salary for an Assistant Physicist, typically $80k to $115k, across 99 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026). Highest in New York at $110k median.
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New York46$110k+$12k
- 2Illinois52$85k−$13k
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $98kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Which companies sponsor H-1B for an Assistant Physicist?
The employers that file the most H-1B labor condition applications for Assistant Physicist roles are Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory, based on their U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Assistant Physicist filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Argonne National Laboratory52 filings$85k
- 2Brookhaven National Laboratory46 filings$110k
- 3City of Hope1 filings$90k
Related titles in this family
107 filings carry “Assistant Physicist” in the title, across 6 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Assistant Physicist-Theory3 filings$77k
- 2Assistant Physicist-Experimentalist2 filings$93k
- 3Assistant Physicist - Accelerator Physicist1 filings$70k
- 4Assistant Physicist-Theorist1 filings$93k
- 5Physicist (Clinical Assistant Physicist)1 filings$62k
Figures are for the exact title “Assistant Physicist”; for a rare title we widen to the closest related titles (flagged above when that happens). To benchmark a specific offer by employer and state, use Salary Check.