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physicist salaries

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

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3767

Results Found

$88705

Average Salary

$10057

Minimum

$378560

Maximum

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Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. Sr. Research Associate II Analytical Ops FOSTER CITY, CA $97000 - $136910 Green Card May 14, 2019
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. Physicists Houston, TX $96999 Green Card 2013
SVXR, Inc. Applications Scientist San Jose, CA $96968 H-1B May 4, 2020
SVXR, Inc. Applications Scientist San Jose, CA $96968 H-1B Apr 16, 2020
FORMA THERAPEUTICS, INC. Biochemists and Biophysicists Branford, CT $96861 Green Card 2014
Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Pre Clinical Research Associate IV Rockville, MD $96803 H-1B May 4, 2022
Aicon Biotech Inc IVD Development Scientist Aloha, OR $96800 Green Card Mar 7, 2023
Adimab Service Company, LLC Scientist I, Protein Analytics Lebanon, NH $96800 Green Card Jan 24, 2022
EMD SERONO RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. Biochemists and Biophysicists Billerica, MA $96637 - $112000 Green Card 2014
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc. Associate Scientist, CMC Analytical $96600 - $165600 Green Card Apr 30, 2025
SANDIA CORPORATION Physicists ALBUQUERQUE, NM $96600 Green Card 2010
TAKEDA GLOBAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CE… Biochemists and Biophysicists DEERFIELD, IL $96539 Green Card 2010
WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY Product Development Scientist CHICAGO, IL $96500 Green Card Dec 15, 2017
PFIZER INC Biochemists and Biophysicists Chesterfield, MO $96500 Green Card 2013
TAKEDA SAN DIEGO, INC. Biochemist & Biophysicists SAN DIEGO, CA $96378 Green Card 2011
GENENTECH Research Associate SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA $96355 Green Card Jul 3, 2014
EXELIXIS, INC. Biochemists and Biophysicists South San Francisco, CA $96309 Green Card 2014
GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. Biochemist and Biophysicist FOSTER CITY, CA $96307 Green Card 2012
BLUEBIRD BIO, INC. Scientist I, Purification Process Development CAMBRIDGE, MA $96300 Green Card Dec 2, 2016
NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESE… Mass Spectrometry Specialist (MS), Global Discove… CAMBRIDGE, MA $96273 Green Card Aug 6, 2014
New England Biolabs, Inc. Group Leader, Metagenomics Screening Research $96250 Green Card Dec 31, 2024
Sanofi US Services Inc. Scientist $96242 - $127500 Green Card Nov 2, 2023
HISTOGEN INC. Senior Research Scientist SAN DIEGO, CA $96200 Green Card Jun 22, 2017
NeuroQuest Development Center Inc. Lead Researcher Charleston, SC $96000 H-1B Nov 11, 2025
DRAGONFLY THERAPEUTICS, INC. Staff Research Associate Waltham, MA $96000 Green Card Nov 4, 2022
DRAGONFLY THERAPEUTICS, INC. Staff Research Associate Waltham, MA $96000 Green Card Sep 8, 2021
Triad National Security, LLC Postdoctoral Research Associate Los Alamos, NM $96000 - $106000 H-1B Feb 2, 2023
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Synthetic Biomanufacturing Program Manager LOGAN, UT $96000 Green Card Apr 27, 2018
PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES OF CALIFORNIA, INC. Sr. Scientist, Single Molecule Sequencing MENLO PARK, CA $96000 - $106000 Green Card Apr 6, 2017
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Inc. Research and Development Scientist Goleta, CA $96000 Green Card Jun 11, 2015
Oxford Instruments Asylum Research Inc. Research and Development Scientist Goleta, CA $96000 Green Card Jun 10, 2015
PATHFINDER ENERGY SERVICES, INC. Physicists HOUSTON, TX $96000 Green Card 2010
CANCER CENTERS OF FLORIDA P.A. PHYSICISTS ORLANDO, FL $96000 Green Card 2008
WESTERN DIGITAL (FREMONT), LLC Staff Engineer FREMONT, CA $95676 Green Card Nov 5, 2014
SYNTHETIC GENOMICS, INC. Scientist LA JOLLA, CA $95660 Green Card Oct 19, 2015
GENENTECH INC. Technical Development Research Associate SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA $95604 Green Card Aug 1, 2018
ASCENT CYBERKNIFE, LLC Physicists STUART, FL $95576 Green Card 2010
ION GEOPHYSICAL CORPORATION Senior Quantitative Interpretation Geophysicist HOUSTON, TX $95500 Green Card Feb 18, 2015
AMGEN INC. Sr. Associate Scientist THOUSAND OAKS, CA $95442 Green Card Jun 8, 2016
BIOGEN IDEC Biochemists and Biophysicists Cambridge, MA $95325 Green Card 2014
AMGEN INC. Biochemists and Biophysicists Thousand Oaks, CA $95278 Green Card 2013
ABBVIE INC. Scientist I NORTH CHICAGO, IL $95250 Green Card Feb 24, 2017
STANFORD HOSPITAL & CLINICS Life Science Research Assistant 3 STANFORD, CA $95222 - $100276 Green Card Sep 1, 2016
GENENTECH INC. Senior Research Associate SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA $95181 Green Card Jul 26, 2017
MERCK & CO., INC. BIOCHEMISTS AND BIOPHYSICISTS WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ $95118 Green Card 2008
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC Scientist III (SP2) Ridgefield, CT $95111 - $120827 Green Card Feb 13, 2021
KBI Biopharma Process Development Scientist I Durham, NC $95014 Green Card Dec 13, 2021
COHERENT, INC Physicists SANTA CLARA, CA $95014 Green Card 2011
KBI Biopharma, Inc. Scientist I $95000 Green Card Jan 24, 2024
TrueBinding, Inc Associate Scientist $95000 - $99000 Green Card Nov 26, 2024
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