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3,767 H-1B & PERM records for "physicist", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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3767

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$88705

Average Salary

$10057

Minimum

$378560

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Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
SIPARADIGM, LLC Molecular Pathology Laboratory Supervisor PINE BROOK, NJ $107661 Green Card Feb 19, 2019
SIPARADIGM, LLC Molecular Pathology Laboratory Supervisor PINE BROOK, NJ $107661 Green Card Feb 19, 2019
AUTOTELIC, INC. Research and Development Manager CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA $107578 Green Card Apr 10, 2015
ROBERT BOSCH LLC Biochemists and Biophysicists Palo Alto, CA $107500 Green Card 2013
University of California, San Francisco ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SAN FRANCISCO, CA $107400 H-1B Jul 26, 2021
ABBVIE STEMCENTRX LLC Scientist I South San Francisco, CA $107390 Green Card Feb 28, 2019
Voyager Therapeutics Engineer I Cambridge, MA $107300 - $125000 Green Card Oct 19, 2020
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC Scientist IV (Imaging Specialist/Digital Patholog… Ridgefield, CT $107297 - $121894 Green Card Apr 30, 2021
ION GEOPHYSICAL CORPORATION Physicist HOUSTON, TX $107182 Green Card 2012
FIRMENICH Senior Scientist PLAINSBORO, NJ $107134 Green Card Dec 2, 2015
TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. Sr. Scientist, Analytical Sciences NORTH WALES, PA $107100 Green Card Jun 27, 2017
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION Physicists Milpitas, CA $107036 Green Card 2014
SOLEXEL Senior Laser Process Engineer MILPITAS, CA $107016 Green Card Sep 17, 2014
GENENTECH Biochemists and Biophysicists SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA $107000 Green Card 2011
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION Physicists Milpitas, CA $106838 Green Card 2013
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO Assistant Professor/Research Scientist CHICAGO, IL $106667 Green Card 2011
Fate Therapeutics, Inc. Associate Director, Cancer Immunotherapy San Diego, CA $106600 Green Card Feb 28, 2022
KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION Research Scientist MILPITAS, CA $106470 Green Card Jan 21, 2015
CYMER INC PHYSICISTS SAN DIEGO, CA $106467 Green Card 2008
Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC. Scientist I $106405 Green Card Nov 28, 2023
PRECISION BIOSCIENCES, INC Team Leader, Cell Therapy Development DURHAM, NC $106296 Green Card Nov 1, 2018
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. Scientist III, Process Development $106090 - $138900 Green Card Dec 1, 2023
ASTRAZENECA PHARMACEUTICALS LP Senior Scientist Gaithersburg, MD $106090 Green Card Dec 8, 2022
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE BOSTON, MA $106080 H-1B Jan 28, 2011
Seagen Inc. Scientist, Analytical Chemistry $106000 - $144000 Green Card Oct 5, 2023
NLIGHT PHOTONICS CORPORATION PHYSICIST VANCOUVER, WA $105747 Green Card 2008
CARIS SCIENCE, INC. Research Scientist Tempe, AZ $105623 Green Card Sep 29, 2020
CYMER LLC Senior Scientist SAN DIEGO, CA $105571 - $122000 Green Card Mar 4, 2016
RA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Scientist II CAMBRIDGE, MA $105539 Green Card Apr 14, 2015
LUMENIS, INC. Senior Optical Engineer/Physicist SAN JOSE, CA $105503 Green Card Aug 8, 2018
PFIZER INC Scientist/ Senior Scientist/ Principal Scientist Cambridge, MA $105394 Green Card May 15, 2020
TACHYUS CORPORATION Data Physicist/Fluid Optimization Expert SAN MATEO, CA $105375 Green Card Oct 17, 2016
Southwest Research Institute Sr. Research Scientist $105324 - $120000 Green Card Nov 17, 2023
PPD DEVELOPMENT, L.P. Senior Biostatistician Morrisville, NC $105215 Green Card Aug 19, 2019
GENENTECH Senior Research Associate SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA $105082 Green Card Aug 29, 2014
AB Sciex Senior Field Service Engineer Framingham, MA $105069 Green Card Apr 12, 2023
AB Sciex Senior Field Service Engineer Framingham, MA $105069 Green Card Apr 6, 2023
Discovery Life Sciences Associate Director, IHC Services $105001 - $125000 Green Card Aug 14, 2023
THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC Staff Scientist, Cell Biology Frederick, MD $105001 - $148900 Green Card Dec 15, 2020
University of Washington Research Assistant Professor $105000 Green Card May 15, 2025
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. Research Scientist I $105000 - $180000 Green Card Nov 28, 2023
IGM Biosciences Inc. Senior Research Associate, Antibody Discovery $105000 - $133000 Green Card Aug 30, 2023
Michigan State University Staff Scientist $105000 Green Card Aug 7, 2023
Michigan State University Engineering/Physicist Accelerator III $105000 Green Card Aug 28, 2023
Adimab Service Company, LLC Principal Research Associate II - Biochemist Lebanon, NH $105000 Green Card Nov 3, 2022
Artemys Inc. Bioprocess Engineer I San Leandro, CA $105000 - $125000 H-1B Nov 19, 2021
WAVE Life Sciences USA, Inc. Senior Associate Scientist, Bioanalytical and Bio… Lexington, MA $105000 Green Card Dec 7, 2021
ABBVIE INC. Senior Scientist I North Chicago, IL $105000 - $115000 Green Card Aug 4, 2021
ABBVIE INC. Senior Scientist I Worcester, MA $105000 - $115000 Green Card Nov 19, 2020
FOUNDATION MEDICINE, INC. Clinical Genomics Scientist II Cambridge, MA $105000 - $127858 Green Card Jul 22, 2020
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