Physicists salary in CA

31 certified-data filings in CA · national median $114,629

$82,500

Min

$120,684

25th

$135,000

Median

$165,000

75th

$185,500

90th

The median in CA is +18% vs. the nationwide median for this role. See all states →

Same role, other states

MI $87,000 IL $82,700 NY $175,100 MA $102,150 TX $105,324

Recent certified cases

CaseEmployerCityWageDecision
G-100-24285-403024 Applied Materials, Inc Santa Clara $169,894 Feb 11, 2026
G-100-24236-290758 Dignity Health Medical Foundation Sacramento $244,400 Dec 31, 2025
G-100-24213-235880 UCSF Medical Center San Francisco $264,971 Dec 10, 2025
G-100-24157-076701 RadiaBeam Technologies, LLC Santa Monica $118,500 Nov 6, 2025
G-100-24130-979149 TAE Technologies, Inc. Foothill Ranch $111,200 Aug 26, 2025
G-100-24131-981436 Applied Materials, Inc Sunnyvale $114,629 Aug 11, 2025
G-100-24092-844110 Varian Medical Systems, Inc. Palo Alto $142,251 Aug 7, 2025
G-100-24106-888768 Stanford University/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Menlo Park $135,000 Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24038-700427 Coherent Corp. Santa Clara $170,000 Jun 17, 2025
G-100-23291-440885 Therapy Physics, Inc. Signal Hill $124,300 Mar 12, 2025
G-100-23275-405464 Corning Incorporated Sunnyvale $183,313 Feb 8, 2025
G-100-23230-277768 TAE Technologies, Inc. Foothill Ranch $107,900 Dec 10, 2024
A-23110-30495 ATOM COMPUTING, INC. Berkeley $148,000 Apr 22, 2024
A-22292-42422 LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY Berkeley $121,884 Nov 2, 2023
A-22238-12554 LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY Berkeley $120,684 Aug 25, 2023
A-22083-30448 KLA CORPORATION Milpitas $154,903 Jan 6, 2023
A-21363-91611 KLA CORPORATION Milpitas $158,571 Sep 7, 2022
A-21291-59984 WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. San Jose $127,000 Aug 30, 2022
A-21342-83126 KLA CORPORATION Milpitas $158,787 Aug 25, 2022
A-21239-37311 TAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Foothill Ranch $95,000 May 12, 2022
A-21032-47952 EMERGE NOW INC. Marina del Rey $135,000 May 4, 2022
A-21158-97402 TAE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Foothill Ranch $82,500 Jan 14, 2022
A-20343-30440 HERMES MICROVISION, INC. San Jose $165,000 Jun 22, 2021
A-20297-12670 APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. Santa Clara $153,882 May 28, 2021
A-20205-79977 KLATencor Corporation Milpitas $126,749 May 27, 2021

Annual-equivalent wages; outliers excluded. Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data.