2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Offered base salaries from 76 certified H-1B filings, across 7 roles in 1 metro areas.

DOL LCA disclosures · FY 2025 Certified, full-time filings only
Table 1 — The median offer

Half of Brookhaven National Laboratory's certified filings offered $98,800 or more.

The middle half of offers fell between $81,200 and $129,977. Offered base salary excludes equity and bonus — read every figure on this page as a floor on total pay, not an average.

Table 2 — Roles

What they hire for

Offered base salary by occupation, nationwide, ordered by filing volume.

RoleMedian offerRangeFilings
Physicists$125,000$78k – $245k23
Materials Scientists$80,000$78k – $145k19
Computer and Information Research Scientists$115,000$93k – $147k8
Chemists$82,000$81k – $89k6
Atmospheric and Space Scientists$113,130$110k – $149k5
Biological Scientists, All Other$82,657$80k – $85k4
Materials Engineers$78,000$78k – $140k3
Table 3 — Metro areas

Where they hire

The same filings by worksite metro area.

Metro areaMedian offerRangeFilings
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$98,800$72k – $245k76
Table 4 — Against the market

Offers beside the local going rate

Each row compares Brookhaven National Laboratory's median offer with the median for everyone in that occupation and metro, from federal wage statistics.

Role — MetroMedian offerFilingsvs. market
Physicists — New York$125,00023−31.3%
Materials Scientists — New York$80,00019−33.7%
Computer and Information Research Scientists — New York$115,0008−32.7%
Chemists — New York$82,0006−3.7%
Atmospheric and Space Scientists — New York$113,1305−12.2%
Sources

How this page was made

Employer pay
US Department of Labor, Labor Condition Application disclosures, FY 2025. Public records.
Coverage
76 certified full-time H-1B filings. Groups under 3 filings are excluded throughout.
Market comparison
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

Filings state the offered base salary at time of application; equity and bonus are not recorded, and visa-sponsored hiring skews toward larger employers and technical roles — this page describes Brookhaven National Laboratory's visa filings, not its whole workforce. Employer names are normalised from filing entities, so figures cover the filing entity named above. We take no payment from employers for how any figure is presented, and corrections are welcome at press@salaryalmanac.com.