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71,543 H-1B & PERM records for "physicist", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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Source: US Dept of Labor. Represents Base Salary only. Excludes RSUs, signing bonuses, and variable compensation.

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$73524

Average Salary

$10057

Minimum

$969204

Maximum

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Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
INphysics, LLC Medical Physicist Monterey, CA $280000 E-3 Aug 8, 2024
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN ME… CENTER DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR DALLAS, TX $280000 H-1B Oct 19, 2018
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN ME… CENTER DRICTOR/PROFESSOR DALLAS, TX $280000 H-1B Aug 30, 2018
BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING VISITING PROFESSOR NOVATO, CA $280000 H-1B Aug 5, 2015
UCSF Medical Center Hospital Physicist San Francisco, CA $278616 H-1B Jan 24, 2022
Google LLC Research Scientist 1615.49836 Mountain View, CA $277000 E-3 Apr 2, 2021
Google LLC Research Scientist 1615.49836 Mountain View, CA $277000 E-3 Feb 8, 2021
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Senior Physicist Katy, TX $275100 H-1B Apr 30, 2025
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, In… Medical Physicist Rapid City, SD $275000 H-1B May 30, 2025
KADMON PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC SVP OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE, SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AND G NEW YORK, NY $275000 H-1B Aug 2, 2011
MCLAREN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER CHIEF PHYSICIST FLINT, MI $273790 H-1B Mar 4, 2014
CNOOC Energy U.S.A. LLC Petrophysicist Advisor - Guyana Houston, TX $273500 - $325926 H-1B Mar 10, 2023
Mayo Clinic Medical Physicist - SAC Rochester, MN $273499 H-1B Jul 28, 2022
The Trustees of Princeton University Managing Principal Research Physicist Princeton, NJ $273156 E-3 Jan 15, 2025
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY LASER FUSION ENERGY SYSTMES PROGRAM DIRECTOR LIVERMORE, CA $272400 H-1B Mar 30, 2010
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, L… LASER FUSION ENERGY SYSTMES PROGRAM DIRECTOR LIVERMORE, CA $272400 H-1B Mar 25, 2010
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, L… LASER FUSION ENERGY SYSTEMS PROGRAM DIRECTOR LIVERMORE, CA $272400 H-1B Mar 17, 2010
UCSF MEDICAL CENTER Hospital Radiation Physicist San Francisco, CA $271544 Green Card Jan 3, 2022
IMPEDIMED, INC. VP REGULATORY, CLINICAL TRIALS AND IP CARLSBAD, CA $271400 E-3 Sep 14, 2015
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Chief Medical Physicist Lubbock, TX $271050 H-1B May 1, 2024
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Senior Medical Physicist Austin, TX $271017 H-1B Feb 26, 2026
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Senior Medical Physicist Houston, TX $271017 H-1B Apr 9, 2026
NYU Grossman School of Medicine Physicist New York, NY $270000 H-1B May 28, 2025
University of Nebraska Medical Center Medical Physicist Omaha, NE $270000 H-1B Nov 27, 2023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBA… PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHER SANTA BARBARA, CA $268500 H-1B Jul 11, 2019
UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LA… Fusion Pilot Plant R&D Lead Oak Ridge, TN $267120 H-1B Mar 27, 2023
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Assistant Attending New York, NY $265000 - $275000 H-1B Feb 6, 2024
D.E. SHAW RESEARCH, LLC RESEARCH SCIENTIST-MEMBER OF THE TECHNICAL TEAM NEW YORK, NY $265000 H-1B Feb 15, 2013
UCSF Medical Center Hospital Radiation Physicist $264971 Green Card Jul 31, 2024
UCSF MEDICAL CENTER Hospital Radiation Physicist San Francisco, CA $264971 H-1B Jul 29, 2025
MAYO CLINIC MEDICAL PHYSICIST ROCHESTER, MN $264250 H-1B Feb 16, 2017
The Nebraska Medical Center Research Program Coordinator, Medical Physicists Omaha, NE $263825 H-1B Jan 6, 2026
HUNT OIL COMPANY Petrophysicist Advisor DALLAS, TX $263500 - $265000 Green Card Apr 3, 2017
LEXINGTON VAMC ASST. PROF. OF MEDICINE, ELECTROPHYSICIST/CARDIOLO LEXINGTON, KY $263266 H-1B Jan 25, 2011
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Senior Physicist Katy, TX $262000 H-1B May 7, 2025
Chevron Corporation Geophysicist Houston, TX $261968 H-1B Feb 28, 2022
University of Maryland Baltimore Professor Baltimore, MD $261019 H-1B Mar 18, 2021
University of Maryland Baltimore Professor Baltimore, MD $261019 H-1B Mar 1, 2021
B. Riley Securities, Inc. Managing Director, Research - Healthcare/Biotech … Arlington, VA $260000 H-1B May 21, 2026
Cepton Technologies, Inc. Senior Research Scientist San Jose, CA $260000 H-1B May 30, 2025
MILOW, LTD. RESEARCH PHYSICIST AUSTIN, TX $260000 H-1B Jan 27, 2016
MILOW, LTD. RESEARCH PHYSICIST AUSTIN, TX $260000 H-1B Mar 18, 2013
D.E. SHAW RESEARCH, LLC RESEARCH SCIENTIST NEW YORK, NY $260000 H-1B Jan 30, 2013
MILOW, LTD. RESEARCH PHYSICIST SAN ANTONIO, TX $260000 H-1B Dec 21, 2009
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. Regional Director Physicist $258750 Green Card Sep 27, 2023
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. Regional Director Physics Katy, TX $258750 H-1B Jul 15, 2022
VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. Regional Director Physics Temple, TX $258750 H-1B Jun 30, 2022
GOOGLE LLC RESEARCH SCIENTIST 1615.49836 Mountain View, CA $258000 E-3 Jun 12, 2019
Baptist Health South Florida Inc. Sr. Medical Physicist-Photon Miami, FL $257670 H-1B Apr 29, 2025
The Nebraska Medical Center Therapeutic Medical Physicist Omaha, NE $255072 H-1B Mar 23, 2026
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