SOC 19-2012 · CA

Physicists H-1B Sponsors in California

Research employers with relevant LCA filing history for Physicists worksites in California. Rankings use FY2022 through FY2026 Q3 YTD Department of Labor disclosure data.

Relevant LCA filings

1,021

Employers

125

Median reported wage

$102,700

Filing history

FY2022–FY2026 Q3 YTD

FY2026 is partial through Q3

FY2022

247

FY2023

188

FY2024

219

FY2025

242

FY2026 Q3

125

Top employers for Physicists in California

Ranked by relevant historical LCA filing volume in this occupation and worksite state.

#EmployerFilingsActive periodsFY2026 Q3Median wage
1Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory1105/514$103,956
2Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC1105/514$169,200
3Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab984/514$98,819
4The Leland Stanford, Jr University685/56$84,730
5University of California, Berkeley625/59$76,093
6Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory572/50$103,000
7California Institute of Technology435/55$78,384
8UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO345/510$82,836
9University of California, Los Angeles244/50$82,050
10Applied Materials, Inc235/57$160,905
11California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory215/52$125,500
12University of California at Santa Barbara214/58$75,000
13Western Digital Technologies, Inc.194/52$125,000
14University of California, Davis185/51$69,276
15KLA Corporation154/50$166,172
16UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE154/50$77,179
17Bay Area Environmental Research Institute145/52$95,275
18Regents of University California of Riverside132/50$60,000
19Regents of the University of California at Riverside113/53$76,700
20Hermes Microvision, Inc.73/50$140,000
21Q-CTRL, Inc73/51$147,000
22The University of Southern California73/50$61,589
23New Jersey Institute of Technology74/50$74,323
24Varian Medical Systems, Inc.74/53$158,000
25Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.74/50$168,000
26PsiQuantum Corp.63/50$150,542
27The Trustees of Princeton University64/51$121,059
28University of California, San Francisco63/51$71,760
29Applied Material, Inc.51/50$135,000
30Cedars-Sinai Medical Center54/51$188,905
31City of Hope National Medical Center54/50$128,170
32SETI Institute52/50$108,500
33UCSF MEDICAL CENTER53/50$264,971
34UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY)54/51$134,160
35Open Philanthropy Project53/50$112,632
3610x Genomics, Inc.42/50$151,500
37Apple Inc.43/51$145,750
38Battelle Memorial Institute41/50$99,106
39KBR Wyle Services LLC43/50$126,590
40Kent State University44/50$74,205
41TSMC Technology, Inc.42/52$162,635
42Eureka Aerospace Inc.43/51$159,463
43ADVANCED ONCOLOGY GROUP LLC32/50$81,120
44ASML US, LP32/51$136,628
45Cepton Technologies, Inc.33/50$195,000
46Chapman University32/51$78,042
47HP Inc.32/50$149,760
48InnoPeak Technology, Inc.31/50$201,656
49Oratomic, Inc.31/53$200,000
50precess medical derivatives33/51$120,000
51University of California, Merced32/52$74,281
52BRUKER NANO, INC.32/50$100,000
53IonQ Quantum, Inc.32/50$147,000
54Auburn University22/51$77,845
55California State University, Northridge21/50$64,480
56Dignity Health Medical Foundation22/50$224,630
57Lumileds, LLC.22/50$132,195
58Oridigm Inc21/50$75,000
59PHASE III PHYSICS LLC22/50$119,600
60Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp.21/50$85,020
61Precision Neuroscience Corporation21/50$151,500
62RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC22/50$110,700
63RefleXion Medical, Inc.21/50$119,538
64Research Foundation for the State University of New York22/50$80,850
65Scripps Health22/50$190,906
66TAE Technologies, Inc.22/50$105,600
67The College of William and Mary21/50$70,000
68University of California, Santa Cruz22/50$70,296
69West Physics Consulting, LLC.22/50$152,500
70GenesisCare USA Services LLC22/50$163,000
71Amazon.com Services LLC11/50$155,000
72Atom Computing, Inc.11/50$187,500
73ByteDance Inc.11/50$248,000
74Carnegie Institution for Science11/50$152,000
75Crossno & Kaye, Inc.11/50$133,000
76CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation11/50$71,000
77DiDi Research America, LLC11/50$156,083
78Ericsson Inc.11/50$111,488
79Flexcompute Inc.11/50$200,000
80Gemological Institute of America, Inc.11/50$79,000
81General Atomics11/50$90,314
82Google LLC11/50$121,000
83Halo Industries, Inc.11/50$140,000
84Harvard University11/50$67,600
85HEIDELBERG INSTRUMENTS INC.11/50$95,000
86Illumina, Inc.11/50$112,000
87Intermolecular, Inc.11/50$124,000
88ION Intermediate Holdings LLC11/50$235,000
89Marathon Fusion, Inc.11/51$168,126
90Meta Platforms, Inc11/50$288,667
91NAD Grid Corp11/50$123,802
92Natron Energy Inc.11/50$145,000
93NTESS, LLC11/51$185,100
94Nuro, Inc.11/50$205,000
95Nusano, Inc.11/50$100,000
96OmniVision Technologies, Inc.11/50$150,090
97Oncology Services Medical Group, Inc.11/50$165,693
98Project Canary, PBC11/51$168,126
99Rigetti & Co, LLC11/51$175,100
100Sansum Clinic11/50$220,000

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These are LCA applications in the available Department of Labor disclosure history, grouped by received fiscal year. An LCA is not a USCIS visa approval, and historical filing activity does not guarantee current hiring or future sponsorship. Current openings are hiring signals only and do not prove sponsorship for a specific role.