Physicists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Employers filed 67 applications covering 67 positions for this role here, at a median of $159,632 a year. 49 of those state a minimum and no maximum — a Labor Condition Application commits an employer to a floor, not to a salary.

What the government requires here

The prevailing wage for Physicists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, wage year 2025-26 — the four levels an employer must meet depending on the experience the role demands. These are statewide figures; the library had no metro-level survey for this occupation.

Level	Who it is for	A year
Level I	Entry: a role needing basic understanding and close supervision	$140,421
Level II	Qualified: some experience, moderate supervision	$168,126
Level III	Experienced: sound understanding, limited supervision	$195,832
Level IV	Fully competent: judgement, may supervise others	$223,538

Who filed, and at what

Employer	Level	Filings	Positions	Median
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	Level II	11	11	$186,056
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	Level II	8	8	$143,010
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	Level I	7	7	$80,000
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Level III	4	4	$168,408
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Level IV	4	4	$194,820
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Level I	1	1	$85,776
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	Level III	1	1	$205,938
Leland Stanford Jr. Univ/SLAC National Accelerator Lab	Level III	1	1	$159,632
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	Level I	1	1	$95,000
Marathon Fusion, Inc.	Level II	1	1	$168,126
Project Canary, PBC	Level II	1	1	$168,126
Rigetti & Co, LLC	Level II	1	1	$175,100
University of California, San Francisco	Level I	1	1	$79,914
Xterra AI, Inc.	Level III	1	1	$225,000
Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory	Level II	1	1	$110,700
University of California, Berkeley	not stated	15	15	$82,836
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	not stated	5	5	$95,844
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC	not stated	3	3	$127,464

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One email when the prevailing wage for Physicists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA changes — the library turns over every July, and what an employer must offer changes with it.

Source: OFLC disclosure data and prevailing wage library, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.