Physicist Research Scientist Engineer, H-1B salary
What 22 H-1B filings report for “Physicist Research Scientist Engineer” (LCA, FY2017–2026): pay percentiles, the states paying most, and who files.
What is the H-1B salary for a Physicist Research Scientist Engineer?
$131k median H-1B base salary for a Physicist Research Scientist Engineer, typically $108k to $162k, across 22 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
- 1California22$131ksame
Where the pay sits state by state, against the national $131kfor the same title. States with at least 20 filings, so a median is not built on a handful of rows.
Top employers for this title
Most H-1B filings · with each employer’s median for the role
- 1Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory22 filings$131k
Related titles in this family
28 filings carry “Physicist Research Scientist Engineer” in the title, across 4 variants. Pay differs by variant, so each is listed with its own median.
- 1Applied Physicist Research Scientist/Engineer3 filings$160k
- 2Biophysicist Research Scientist/Engineer2 filings$127k
- 3Physicist Research Scientist / Engineer (Materials Physics)1 filings$119k
Figures are for the exact title “Physicist Research Scientist Engineer”; 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.