Senior Scientist I H-1B wages
Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Chemists (SOC 19-2031).
Employers filed 60 wage applications for Senior Scientist I jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 28 employers. The median offered wage was $122,500, 5.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. filed the most (14, median $91,978).
- Filings
- 60
- Positions covered
- 58
- Employers
- 28
- Median offered
- $122,500
- Median prevailing wage
- $103,439
- Filings since FY2020
- 345
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +25%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for Senior Scientist I jobs rose 25%, from $93,548 in fiscal 2020 to $117,016 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 5.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2023, with 67 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 Scientist I by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 44 | $117,016 | +9.3% | $100,735 | +5.5% |
| 2025 | 60 | $107,099 | no change | $104,874 | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 54 | $107,099 | −0.6% | $97,760 | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 67 | $107,702 | +6.9% | $91,374 | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 55 | $100,797 | +2.6% | $88,462 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 32 | $98,220 | +5.0% | $87,184 | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 33 | $93,548 | n/a | $83,054 | +1.3% |
Employers that file for this title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 28. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Where Senior Scientist I jobs are filed
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge, MA | 17 | $91,978 | at the minimum | |
| Exton, PA | 5 | $83,031 | +11.4% | |
| Boston, MA | 4 | $128,224 | +22.4% | |
| North Chicago, IL | 4 | $131,237 | +7.7% | |
| Worcester, MA | 4 | $138,500 | +24.9% | |
| South San Francisco, CA | 3 | $149,000 | +4.1% | |
| Emeryville, CA | 2 | $98,717 | at the minimum | |
| Lexington, MA | 2 | $163,800 | +8.6% | |
| New York, NY | 2 | $131,150 | +95.4% | |
| Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $100,440 | +0.6% | |
| San Carlos, CA | 2 | $150,000 | +19.7% | |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 2 | $135,762 | +4.5% | |
| Alameda, CA | 1 | $139,000 | +2.2% | |
| Carlsbad, CA | 1 | $97,469 | at the minimum | |
| Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $139,000 | +28.3% | |
| Hayward, CA | 1 | $130,000 | +12.7% | |
| Madison, WI | 1 | $125,000 | +43.5% | |
| Malvern, PA | 1 | $80,954 | +8.6% | |
| Milwaukee, WI | 1 | $93,000 | +0.2% | |
| Monmouth Junction, NJ | 1 | $114,483 | at the minimum | |
| Portland, OR | 1 | $120,000 | +80.3% | |
| Redwood City, CA | 1 | $199,400 | +2.3% | |
| Somerville, MA | 1 | $140,000 | +14.3% | |
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 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.
- 1 filing is 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.