Fermi Research Alliance — 472 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2025)
- 6
- Filings · FY2025
- $60k
- Median base · FY2025
- Research Associate
- Top role · 65 all-time
- IL
- Top state · 470 all-time
Fermi Research Alliance filed 6 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (down 91% from the year before), with a median base salary of $60k and the middle 50% of offers between $60k and $68k. That is 12% below the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 472 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Research Associate in Illinois.
How much does Fermi Research Alliance pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $60k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Fermi Research Alliance's H-1B hiring changed by year?
39 certified filings in FY2016 → 6 in FY2025. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6 | −91% | $60k |
| FY2024 | 65 | +16% | $85k |
| FY2023 | 56 | −12% | $83k |
| FY2022 | 64 | +25% | $81k |
| FY2021 | 51 | +42% | $80k |
| FY2020 | 36 | −38% | $77k |
| FY2019 | 58 | +4% | $77k |
| FY2018 | 56 | +37% | $76k |
| FY2017 | 41 | +5% | $72k |
| FY2016 | 39 | — | $65k |
Which wage levels does Fermi Research Alliance file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 30% of Fermi Research Alliance's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 420 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I25.7%108
- Level II44.8%188
- Level III18.1%76
- Level IV11.4%48
What jobs does Fermi Research Alliance sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Fermi Research Alliance's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Research Associate | 65 | $62k |
| Associate Scientist | 62 | $80k |
| Staff Engineer | 42 | $77k |
| Senior Engineer | 24 | $100k |
| Staff Engineer I | 20 | $81k |
| Applications Physicist I | 14 | $60k |
| Engineer | 14 | $62k |
| Software Developer II | 10 | $93k |
| Guest Scientist | 8 | $122k |
| Staff Engineer II | 8 | $93k |
Where does Fermi Research Alliance hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| IL | 470 | $78k |
| NY | 2 | $77k |
What has Fermi Research Alliance filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 472 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Fermi Research Alliance's H-1B filings
- How much does Fermi Research Alliance pay H-1B workers?
- Fermi Research Alliance's median certified H-1B base salary is $60k (FY2025), from 6 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Fermi Research Alliance sponsor?
- Fermi Research Alliance has 472 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2025).
- What jobs does Fermi Research Alliance sponsor for H-1B?
- Fermi Research Alliance's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Research Associate, Associate Scientist, Staff Engineer, Senior Engineer.
- Where does Fermi Research Alliance hire H-1B workers?
- Fermi Research Alliance's top H-1B worksite states are IL, NY.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2025). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →