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Applications Physicist salary in Illinois

A real-employer view of Applications Physicist pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Applications Physicist in Illinois: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 12 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $60,403. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry8$60,402
Level II — qualified4$84,903

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Applications Physicist in Illinois. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLCApplications Physicist I8$72,652
Fermi Research Alliance, LLCApplications Physicist I4$60,402

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Applications Physicist I at Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
    $60,400
    BataviaWage Level IDecided Apr 17, 2025I-200-25100-850216
  • Applications Physicist I at Fermi Research Alliance, LLC
    $60,400
    BataviaWage Level IDecided Dec 9, 2024I-200-24337-509336
  • Applications Physicist I at Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
    $60,403
    BataviaWage Level IDecided Apr 17, 2025I-200-25100-850232
  • Applications Physicist I at Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
    $60,403
    BataviaWage Level IDecided Mar 13, 2025I-200-25065-753604
  • Applications Physicist I at Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
    $60,400
    BataviaWage Level IDecided Mar 13, 2025I-200-25065-753596
  • Applications Physicist II at Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
    $84,906
    BataviaWage Level IIDecided Mar 7, 2025I-200-25059-734743
  • Applications Physicist II at Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
    $84,900
    BataviaWage Level IIDecided Mar 7, 2025I-200-25059-734722
  • Applications Physicist II at Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
    $84,900
    BataviaWage Level IIDecided Jan 23, 2025I-200-25015-619409

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.