Senior Associate Scientist H-1B wages

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

Employers filed 42 wage applications for Senior Associate Scientist jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 15 employers. The median offered wage was $98,931, 7.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed the most (21, median $100,534).

Filings: 42
Positions covered: 80
Employers: 15
Median offered: $98,931
Median prevailing wage: $89,419
Filings since FY2020: 212
Median offer change since FY2020: +4%

Senior Associate Scientist, all employers42 filings, July 2025 to June 2026

$98,931Median wage employers told the government they would pay

$90,858 to $105,750Where 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 Senior Associate Scientist jobs rose 4%, from $95,888 in fiscal 2020 to $99,888 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 9.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 38 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.

Senior Associate Scientist by fiscal year

Fiscal year	Filings	Median offered	vs year before	Median prevailing	vs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)	36	$99,888	+5.1%	$89,419	+9.5%
2025	32	$95,000	−5.3%	$85,842	+6.2%
2024	38	$100,329	−5.6%	$86,518	+11.4%
2023	34	$106,280	+28.8%	$95,742	+4.7%
2022	33	$82,500	−5.2%	$81,016	+7.4%
2021	24	$87,000	−9.3%	$81,349	+2.5%
2020	15	$95,888	n/a	$82,930	+14.6%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Employer	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	21	$100,534	+7.4%
Zoetis, Inc.	4	$72,250	+46.0%
Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.	3	$129,000	+13.7%
Sanofi Vaccines US Inc.	2	$77,291	+14.9%
Charles River Laboratories, Inc.	2	$82,742	+10.4%
Prellis Biologics Inc.	1	$121,038	+7.5%
Azenta, Inc.	1	$76,715	+2.5%
Asimov, Inc.	1	$120,000	+5.8%
Alnylam US, Inc.	1	$97,760	at the minimum
Advanced Therapies LLC	1	$89,477	+1.6%
Sanegene Bio USA Inc.	1	$127,000	+18.8%
Spear Bio Inc.	1	$106,000	+4.9%
Cloudtek Data LLC	1	$81,806	at the minimum
Populus Group LLC	1	$114,400	+1.6%

Showing the 14 employers with the most filings of 15. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Senior Associate Scientist jobs are filed

Worksite	Filings	Median offered	vs prevailing
Tarrytown, NY	21	$100,534	+7.4%
Cambridge, MA	4	$126,250	+11.3%
Kalamazoo, MI	3	$70,500	+44.3%
Waltham, MA	3	$79,581	at the minimum
Mattawan, MI	2	$82,742	+10.4%
Woburn, MA	2	$116,500	+11.9%
Berkeley, CA	1	$121,038	+7.5%
Boston, MA	1	$120,000	+5.8%
Lincoln, NE	1	$74,000	+47.7%
Philadelphia, PA	1	$89,477	+1.6%
Round Rock, TX	1	$81,806	at the minimum
South Plainfield, NJ	1	$76,715	+2.5%
South San Francisco, CA	1	$114,400	+1.6%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry19%

Level II, qualified69%

Level III, experienced12%

Level IV, fully competent0%

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.

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