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Physicists: green card (PERM) sponsors

56 PERM labor certification applications for this occupation (SOC 19-2012). Median offered salary $140,000; median time to certification 488 days.

PERM applications56
Median offered salary$140,000
Middle half of salaries$110,250–$175,100
10th–90th percentile$93,115–$209,600

Top green card sponsors

EmployerPERM applicationsMedian salary
Michigan State University9$98,799
UPCI Cancer Services3$150,052
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.3$210,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center3$190,500
Atom Computing, Inc.2$131,000
Applied Materials, Inc2$142,262
TAE Technologies, Inc.2$109,550
Advanced Radiation Physics S Corp1$140,000
Coherent Corp.1$170,000
The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority1$173,597
Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory1$135,000
KBR Wyle Services LLC1$131,487
Particle Measuring Systems, Inc.1$103,043
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center1$148,625
Texas Tech University1$46,259
Corning Incorporated1$183,313
Therapy Physics, Inc.1$124,300
Southwest Research Institute1$105,324
Providence Health & Services - Oregon1—
Sanford1—
Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc.1$234,354
RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC1$118,500
Montefiore Medical Center1$165,000
General Hospital Corp1$180,000
Precess Medical Derivatives, Inc.1$120,000
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare1$191,019
UCSF Medical Center1$264,971
Advocate Health & Hospitals Corp.1$218,000
Dignity Health Medical Foundation1$244,400
West Physics Consulting, LLC1$90,542
Curium US LLC1$122,970
Avera McKennan1$208,000
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center1$165,505
Apex Microdevices LLC1$91,894
Stanford Research Systems, Inc.1$156,100
University of Washington1—
Oncology Services Medical Group, Inc.1$119,538
Corning Research & Development Corporation1$147,900
Comanche County Hospital Authority1$186,306

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Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications. PERM certification is one step toward a green card; USCIS decides the petition. Not legal advice. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC PERM Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2024–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).