Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC H-1B wage filings
Rahway, NJ. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC filed 160 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $124,363, 15.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Senior Scientist, Statistical Programming (15 filings, median $117,000).
- Filings
- 160
- Positions covered
- 157
- Certified
- 98.1%
- Job titles
- 57
- Worksite cities
- 14
- Filings since FY2020
- 900
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +33%
Offered wage since 2020
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC's median H-1B wage offer rose 33%, from $93,038 in fiscal 2020 to $123,594 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 13.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 165 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 129 | $123,594 | +0.6% | $112,965 | +13.0% |
| 2025 | 165 | $122,800 | +10.2% | $106,725 | +13.9% |
| 2024 | 148 | $111,400 | −6.1% | $103,730 | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 118 | $118,640 | +21.3% | $97,604 | +21.3% |
| 2022 | 138 | $97,781 | −0.1% | $95,264 | at the minimum |
| 2021 | 97 | $97,885 | +5.2% | $97,885 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 105 | $93,038 | n/a | $91,947 | at the minimum |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Scientist, Statistical Programming | 15 | $117,000 | +3.6% | +13% since 2020 | |
| Associate Principal Scientist, Statistical Programming | 11 | $144,373 | +1.8% | +22% since 2022 | |
| Senior Scientist, Preclinical Development | 11 | $123,594 | at the minimum | +8% since 2025 | |
| Associate Scientist, Post Doc Fellow | 10 | $79,040 | at the minimum | +8% since 2024 | |
| Senior Scientist, Chemistry | 10 | $114,700 | +19.7% | +52% since 2020 | |
| Senior Specialist, Data Science | 10 | $127,750 | +15.8% | +9% since 2023 | |
| Associate Principal Scientist, Biostatistics | 7 | $142,400 | +26.1% | +30% since 2020 | |
| Senior Scientist, Biostatistics | 7 | $117,000 | +7.9% | +30% since 2020 | |
| Senior Specialist - Software Engineering | 5 | $131,997 | at the minimum | ||
| Associate Director, Data Science | 4 | $156,900 | +28.9% | +8% since 2022 | |
| Senior Scientist, Analytical R&D | 4 | $117,000 | +17.0% | +21% since 2022 | |
| Senior Specialist - Data Engineering | 4 | $144,934 | at the minimum | ||
| Associate Principal Scientist, Preclinical Development | 3 | $142,400 | +34.4% | ||
| Senior Scientist, Biology-Discovery | 3 | $114,700 | +28.3% | ||
| Senior Scientist, Engineering | 3 | $124,363 | at the minimum | ||
| Specialist, Data Science | 3 | $124,582 | +11.5% | ||
| Associate Director, Engineering, Development & Integration | 2 | $149,287 | +11.5% | ||
| Associate Director, Technical Product Management | 2 | $150,873 | at the minimum | ||
| Associate Principal Scientist, Medical Affairs | 2 | $171,100 | +52.3% | ||
| Director, Statistical Programming | 2 | $187,000 | +36.4% | ||
| Principal Scientist, Statistical Programming | 2 | $171,450 | +39.5% | ||
| Scientist, Statistical Programming | 2 | $92,950 | +29.5% | ||
| Senior Scientist, Computational Chemistry | 2 | $129,000 | +44.3% | ||
| Senior Specialist, Technical Product Management | 2 | $123,126 | +3.9% | ||
| Specialist, Engineering, Development and Integration | 2 | $104,094 | +3.7% | ||
| Associate Director, D&A Strategy | 1 | $153,800 | +69.3% | ||
| Assoc Director, Medical Affairs | 1 | $173,200 | +26.4% | ||
| Associate Principal Scientist, Chemistry | 1 | $156,000 | +50.2% | ||
| Associate Principal Scientist, Engineering | 1 | $139,600 | +13.0% | ||
| Associate Principal Scientist, Epidemiology | 1 | $139,600 | +70.0% | ||
| Associate Principal Scientist, Pharmacokinetics | 1 | $139,600 | +10.3% | ||
| Associate Principal Scientist, Quantitative Sciences | 1 | $139,600 | +64.1% | ||
| Associate Scientist, Post Doctoral Fellow | 1 | $68,400 | +12.3% | ||
| Associate Scientist, Postdoc Fellow | 1 | $91,978 | +30.5% | ||
| Director, Data Analysis | 1 | $187,000 | +17.6% | ||
| Director, IT Architecture | 1 | $175,440 | +19.8% | ||
| Director, Market Access ONC | 1 | $241,925 | at the minimum | ||
| Executive Director, Data Science | 1 | $280,000 | +15.7% | ||
| Manager, Shared Services Finance | 1 | $131,997 | at the minimum | ||
| Principal Scientist | 1 | $187,000 | +53.1% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 57 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Rahway, NJ | 92 | $123,594 |
| North Wales, PA | 29 | $139,600 |
| West Point, PA | 22 | $121,742 |
| Cambridge, MA | 5 | $131,082 |
| Boston, MA | 3 | $139,600 |
| Austin, TX | 1 | $98,904 |
| Elkton, VA | 1 | $114,700 |
| Fuquay Varina, NC | 1 | $139,600 |
| Highlands Ranch, CO | 1 | $124,363 |
| Long Island City, NY | 1 | $144,373 |
| Lower Gwynedd Township, PA | 1 | $117,000 |
| Quincy, MA | 1 | $94,300 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 14 worksite cities.
By visa type: 156 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 129 certified, 28 certified and later withdrawn, 3 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.