Associate Physicist, H-1B salary
What 41 H-1B filings report for “Associate Physicist” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for an Associate Physicist?
$111k median H-1B base salary for an Associate Physicist, typically $102k to $125k, across 41 H-1B LCA filings with the U.S. Department of Labor (FY2017 to FY2026).
Median pay & filings over time · H-1B · FY2017–2026*
Top-paying states
Median for this title · ≥20 filings
- 1New York39$111ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $111kfor 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 Associate Physicist?
The employer that files the most H-1B labor condition applications for Associate Physicist roles is Brookhaven National Laboratory, based on its U.S. Department of Labor (LCA) filings. Open any for its full Associate Physicist filing history, pay, and open roles.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Brookhaven National Laboratory39 filings$111k
- 2IONQ1 filings$109k
- 3Rush University Medical Center1 filings$170k
Related titles in this family
86 filings carry “Associate Physicist” in the title, across 11 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Research Associate (Physicist)21 filings$90k
- 2Postdoctoral Associate (Physicist)7 filings$63k
- 3Senior Research Associate (Physicist)5 filings$84k
- 4Post Doctorate Research Associate (Physicist)4 filings$94k
- 5Junior Associate Physicist2 filings$101k
- 6Research Associate (Physicists)2 filings$104k
- 7Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Physicist)2 filings$73k
- 8Postdoctoral Associate (Physicists)1 filings$116k
- 9Senior Research Associate (Physicists)1 filings$120k
Figures are for the exact title “Associate 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.