Brookhaven National Laboratory H-1B wage filings
Upton, NY. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Brookhaven National Laboratory filed 381 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $119,756, 18.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Research Staff 3 Physics (46 filings, median $127,774).
- Filings
- 381
- Positions covered
- 374
- Certified
- 98.2%
- Job titles
- 71
- Worksite cities
- 2
- Filings since FY2020
- 978
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +25%
Offered wage since 2020
Brookhaven National Laboratory's median H-1B wage offer rose 25%, from $97,400 in fiscal 2020 to $121,888 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 19.5% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 122 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Brookhaven National Laboratory by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 357 | $121,888 | +12.9% | $94,973 | +19.5% |
| 2025 | 122 | $108,000 | no change | $87,506 | +20.1% |
| 2024 | 115 | $108,000 | −6.0% | $78,707 | +20.4% |
| 2023 | 104 | $114,900 | +0.8% | $84,926 | +22.4% |
| 2022 | 84 | $114,000 | +12.6% | $92,955 | +20.4% |
| 2021 | 98 | $101,200 | +3.9% | $79,976 | +22.5% |
| 2020 | 98 | $97,400 | n/a | $75,088 | +19.3% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Staff 3 Physics | 46 | $127,774 | +16.3% | +9% since 2022 | |
| Research Associate Physics | 40 | $83,170 | +16.7% | +22% since 2020 | |
| Research Staff 4 Physics | 28 | $142,239 | +15.5% | +7% since 2023 | |
| Research Staff 3 | 22 | $130,551 | +21.0% | +5% since 2023 | |
| Research Associate Chemistry | 20 | $85,000 | +25.9% | +26% since 2020 | |
| Research Associate Materials Science | 16 | $79,999 | +6.6% | +22% since 2020 | |
| Research Staff 3 Computational | 16 | $128,804 | +19.8% | +7% since 2023 | |
| Research Associate Biology | 15 | $79,498 | +10.0% | +8% since 2023 | |
| Research Staff 4 | 10 | $142,620 | +14.1% | ||
| Staff Electrical Engineer | 9 | $109,990 | +38.3% | ||
| Goldhaber Fellow | 8 | $105,749 | +23.7% | ||
| Research Staff 2 | 8 | $94,088 | +9.8% | ||
| Engineer II | 7 | $130,782 | +53.6% | ||
| Research Staff 5 Physics | 6 | $156,256 | +26.7% | ||
| Mechanical Engineer I | 5 | $169,998 | +48.7% | ||
| Mechanical Engineer II | 5 | $140,733 | +46.4% | ||
| Research Associate | 5 | $89,232 | +25.2% | −3% since 2024 | |
| Research Staff 4 Computational | 5 | $136,612 | +6.2% | ||
| Senior Technology Analyst | 5 | $83,550 | +20.3% | ||
| Physics Associate IV | 4 | $77,606 | +8.9% | ||
| Raymond Davis Jr. Fellow | 4 | $125,000 | +28.8% | ||
| Research Associate Computational Science | 4 | $90,803 | +5.1% | ||
| Research Staff 2 Computational | 4 | $114,991 | +9.3% | ||
| Research Staff 2 Materials | 4 | $116,000 | +46.8% | ||
| Research Staff 2 Physics | 4 | $97,025 | +31.4% | ||
| Research Staff 3 Materials | 4 | $121,379 | +40.1% | ||
| Research Staff 3 Materials Science | 4 | $124,199 | +29.2% | ||
| Senior Applications Engineer | 4 | $136,994 | +44.2% | ||
| Physics Associate II | 3 | $119,025 | +22.6% | ||
| Physics Associate III | 3 | $85,218 | +19.6% | ||
| Research Staff 2 Computational Science | 3 | $119,995 | +35.8% | ||
| Research Staff 3 Biology | 3 | $146,744 | +57.0% | ||
| Research Staff 4 Environmental Science | 3 | $142,011 | +44.5% | ||
| Research Staff 6 Physics | 3 | $180,250 | +21.2% | ||
| Technology Engineer | 3 | $113,984 | +20.1% | ||
| Associate Staff Electrical Engineer | 2 | $93,375 | +27.3% | ||
| Biology Associate III | 2 | $86,060 | +11.4% | ||
| Engineer I | 2 | $170,999 | +17.2% | ||
| Project Management Analyst | 2 | $148,436 | +28.1% | ||
| Research Associate Electrical Engineering | 2 | $82,000 | +20.5% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 71 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Upton, NY | 380 | $119,756 |
| Rochester, MN | 1 | n/a |
By visa type: 381 H-1B. By outcome: 368 certified, 6 certified and later withdrawn, 7 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Brookhaven National Laboratory attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- 164 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.