Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC H-1B wage filings
Batavia, IL. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC filed 119 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $88,795, 5.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Associate Scientist (16 filings, median $99,362).
- Filings
- 119
- Positions covered
- 118
- Certified
- 99.2%
- Job titles
- 34
- Worksite cities
- 2
- Filings since FY2025
- 233
- Median offer change since FY2025
- +5%
Offered wage since 2025
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC's median H-1B wage offer rose 5%, from $84,906 in fiscal 2025 to $88,795 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 2.8% above the prevailing wage.
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.
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 86 | $88,795 | +4.6% | $77,126 | +2.8% |
| 2025 | 147 | $84,906 | n/a | $75,358 | +10.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Scientist | 16 | $99,362 | at the minimum | −9% since 2025 | |
| Research Associate | 14 | $76,627 | +19.6% | +9% since 2025 | |
| Embedded Applications Developer | 6 | $88,800 | +0.3% | ||
| Engineer I | 6 | $70,802 | +25.1% | ||
| Software Developer I | 6 | $79,305 | +6.9% | ||
| Staff Engineer II | 6 | $97,403 | +17.6% | ||
| Database Administration Analyst II | 4 | $78,453 | +18.2% | ||
| Senior Cryogenic Engineer | 4 | $111,403 | +61.4% | ||
| Software Developer II | 4 | $88,798 | +10.8% | ||
| Staff Engineer I | 4 | $88,798 | +14.1% | ||
| IT Process Analyst II | 3 | $88,525 | at the minimum | ||
| Accelerator Operator II | 2 | $77,126 | at the minimum | ||
| Accelerator Physicist | 2 | $77,126 | at the minimum | ||
| Applications Physicist I | 2 | $77,126 | at the minimum | ||
| Applications Physicist II | 2 | $99,362 | at the minimum | ||
| Beam Physicist | 2 | $99,362 | at the minimum | ||
| BI Developer | 2 | $117,333 | +32.5% | ||
| Computing/IT Associate II | 2 | $74,152 | at the minimum | ||
| Cryogenic Design Engineer | 2 | $84,903 | +10.3% | ||
| Cryogenic Engineer | 2 | $88,798 | +62.4% | ||
| Database Administration Associate | 2 | $63,195 | +15.7% | ||
| Distributed Storage Systems Administrator | 2 | $89,336 | at the minimum | ||
| Electrical Engineer II | 2 | $99,504 | +17.6% | ||
| Engineering Physicist II | 2 | $99,362 | at the minimum | ||
| ES&H Systems Functional Analyst | 2 | $78,042 | at the minimum | ||
| Guest Scientist | 2 | $158,804 | +10.4% | ||
| High Performance Computing Scientist | 2 | $113,734 | at the minimum | ||
| Liquid Argon R&D Physicist | 2 | $84,903 | +17.3% | ||
| Neutrino Physicist | 2 | $99,362 | at the minimum | ||
| Neutrino Scientist | 2 | $102,705 | +5.4% | ||
| Quantum Computing Engineer I | 2 | $79,305 | +2.8% | ||
| Quantum Computing Engineer II | 2 | $99,504 | +0.1% | ||
| Senior Mechanical Engineer | 2 | $111,403 | +61.4% | ||
| Senior Scientist | 2 | $143,853 | at the minimum | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Batavia, IL | 117 | $88,795 |
| Lead, SD | 2 | $88,798 |
By visa type: 119 H-1B. By outcome: 75 certified, 43 certified and later withdrawn, 1 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 Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC 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.
- 60 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.