Scientist H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Biochemists and Biophysicists (SOC 19-1021).

Employers filed 303 wage applications for Scientist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 133 employers. The median offered wage was $105,000, 14.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital filed the most (41, median $86,320).

Filings: 303
Positions covered: 412
Employers: 133
Median offered: $105,000
Median prevailing wage: $89,419
Filings since FY2020: 2,216
Median offer change since FY2020: +24%

Scientist, all employers303 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$105,000Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$86,320 to $129,188Where the middle half of the filings fall

$89,419Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Scientist jobs rose 24%, from $85,000 in fiscal 2020 to $105,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 14.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 395 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.

Scientist by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	250	$105,000	+5.0%	$89,315	+14.2%
2025	332	$100,000	−3.8%	$84,677	+16.1%
2024	292	$104,000	+8.5%	$86,424	+15.4%
2023	358	$95,821	−4.2%	$83,824	+13.0%
2022	395	$100,000	+11.1%	$81,016	+16.0%
2021	292	$90,000	+5.9%	$80,267	+7.9%
2020	297	$85,000	n/a	$77,210	+8.9%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	41	$86,320	+35.7%
Genentech, Inc.	15	$125,278	at the minimum
Amgen Inc.	12	$135,860	+49.6%
Children's Hospital Corporation	11	$100,000	+15.8%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	10	$115,030	+20.4%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	9	$131,423	+29.1%
California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Laboratory	8	$139,204	+70.2%
Kelly Services, Inc.	7	$89,544	+10.9%
The Curators of the University of Missouri	6	$61,640	+14.3%
University of Miami	6	$118,505	+44.5%
Uber Technologies, Inc.	6	$165,850	+4.4%
Axle Informatics LLC	4	$103,250	+7.4%
Corixa Corporation	4	$104,957	at the minimum
Michigan State University	4	$99,304	+38.6%
University of Rochester	3	$98,000	+1.8%
Biocytogen Boston Corp.	3	$105,000	+14.2%
GAP Solutions Inc.	3	$140,454	+40.2%
Children's Hospital Pediatric Associates, Inc.	3	$115,000	+29.4%
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	3	$113,568	+23.5%
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	3	$130,810	+5.8%
Calico Life Sciences LLC	3	$160,000	+17.0%
Primera Analytical Solutions Corporation	3	$71,469	+32.0%
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation	3	$70,000	+2.1%
The J. David Gladstone Institutes	3	$78,362	+10.7%
Foghorn Therapeutics, Inc	2	$128,773	at the minimum

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 133. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Scientist jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Memphis, TN	40	$86,320	+35.7%
South San Francisco, CA	24	$140,213	+3.2%
Cambridge, MA	23	$130,810	+11.4%
Boston, MA	20	$100,000	+15.8%
Bethesda, MD	16	$94,853	+10.9%
San Francisco, CA	9	$120,000	+12.6%
Tarrytown, NY	9	$115,059	+21.1%
Waltham, MA	9	$105,000	+9.8%
Gaithersburg, MD	8	$99,250	+12.3%
Pasadena, CA	8	$139,204	+70.2%
Thousand Oaks, CA	8	$132,500	+50.0%
New York, NY	7	$165,850	+9.6%
Columbia, MO	6	$61,640	+14.3%
Emeryville, CA	5	$146,000	+1.3%
New Brunswick, NJ	5	$123,600	+29.6%
Pleasanton, CA	5	$112,549	+0.4%
East Lansing, MI	4	$99,304	+38.6%
Los Angeles, CA	4	$108,000	+1.0%
San Diego, CA	4	$118,688	+2.0%
Watertown, MA	4	$117,887	+0.1%
Coral Gables, FL	3	$117,010	+38.8%
Miami, FL	3	$126,684	+96.8%
Redwood City, CA	3	$119,766	at the minimum
Rochester, NY	3	$98,000	+1.8%
Rockville, MD	3	$117,371	+6.2%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry21%

Level II, qualified43%

Level III, experienced25%

Level IV, fully competent11%

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 employers 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.
2 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.