H-1B and green card employer
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
Batavia, IL NAICS 54171 Cap-exempt
Fermi Forward Discovery Group is cap-exempt: its new H-1B hires skip the lottery.
118certified H-1B LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$88,795median offer · middle half $77k to $99k
19%86 vs. 106 LCAs, Oct 2025 to Jun 2026 vs. a year earlier
0certified green card (PERM) cases, FY2026 to Jun 2026
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Lottery entries at Fermi Forward Discovery Group's offers
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC files mostly as a college or university or as a nonprofit research organization. Those employers are exempt from the H-1B cap, so their hires do not go through the lottery and no entry mix is shown.
What Fermi Forward Discovery Group offers
118 certified LCAs, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026$50k$100k$150k$200k$250k$300k
Level IIIIIIIVunder Level I = 1 LCA = 2 LCAs
$10,000 bands, coloured by the level each salary reaches for its own job and area.
By fiscal year
October to September · hatched: FY2026 to Jun 2026Certified H-1B LCAs
86 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Median offer
$88,795 FY2026
Certified green card cases
0 FY2026 to Jun 2026
Jobs and worksites
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Physicists | 50 | $99,362 |
| Software Developers | 24 | $88,795 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 18 | $88,800 |
| Electrical Engineers | 12 | $91,949 |
| Database Administrators | 6 | $77,602 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 4 | $95,181 |
Top worksite cities
| City | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Batavia, IL | 116 | $88,795 |
Green card (PERM) labor certifications
by fiscal year of decisionNo PERM labor certifications under this employer from FY2023 to FY2026 Q3.
Recent certified LCAs
latest 25 · salary is the low end of the offered range| Job title | Salary | Entries |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Engineer I | $88,795 | |
| Staff Engineer I | $88,800 | |
| Applications Physicist I | $77,126 | |
| Applications Physicist I | $77,126 | |
| Guest Scientist | $158,808 | |
| Guest Scientist | $158,800 | |
| Computing/IT Associate II | $74,152 | |
| Computing/IT Associate II | $74,152 | |
| Staff Engineer II | $99,507 | |
| Staff Engineer II | $99,500 | |
| Cryogenic Engineer | $88,795 | |
| Cryogenic Engineer | $88,800 | |
| High Performance Computing Scientist | $113,734 | |
| High Performance Computing Scientist | $113,734 | |
| Quantum Computing Engineer II | $99,507 | |
| Quantum Computing Engineer II | $99,500 | |
| Beam Physicist | $99,362 | |
| Beam Physicist | $99,362 | |
| Associate Scientist | $85,301 | |
| Associate Scientist | $85,300 | |
| Accelerator Physicist | $77,126 | |
| Accelerator Physicist | $77,126 | |
| Quantum Computing Engineer I | $79,310 | |
| Quantum Computing Engineer I | $79,300 | |
| Software Developer I | $79,310 |