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Molecular and Cellular Biologists in New York, NY: H-1B salaries

733 labor condition applications for this occupation with a work site in New York, NY. Median offered base salary $90,000; middle half $77,250–$120,000.

Applications (LCAs)733

Median offered salary$90,000

Middle half of salaries$77,250–$120,000

10th–90th percentile$69,358–$154,049

By wage level

Wage level	Median salary
Level I (entry)	$80,000
Level II (qualified)	$94,203
Level III (experienced)	$120,000
Level IV (fully competent)	$154,036

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
Columbia University	188	$75,692
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	91	$88,500
NYU Grossman School of Medicine	77	$89,033
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	57	$115,000
Schrodinger, Inc.	35	$140,500
Weill Cornell Medical College	32	$82,380
New York Genome Center, Inc.	29	$96,786
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	23	$89,521
The Rockefeller University	18	$96,254
Tempus AI	16	$155,000
Simons Foundation	9	$106,350
Tempus Labs, Inc.	8	$140,000
New York University	8	$70,290
Eli Lilly and Company	7	$120,600
Research Foundation of CUNY	6	$75,265
Jefferies LLC	5	$165,000
The New York Stem Cell Foundation, Inc.	4	$84,390
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.	4	$76,028
Waypoint Bio, Inc	4	$115,253
New York Structural Biology Center	4	$101,130
Putnam Associates, LLC	4	$132,500
D. E. Shaw Research, LLC	4	$242,000
Pharmerit International, LP	4	$103,064
NILO Therapeutics, Inc.	4	$104,000
Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York LLP	3	$105,269
The Veritas Healthcare Solutions LLC	3	$75,213
Spring Fertility Managemnet LLC	3	$260,000
Genentech, Inc.	3	$158,100
Immunai Inc.	3	$125,000
CZ Biohub New York, LLC	3	$138,000
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	2	$250,000
Tandem AI US LLC	2	$157,500
Enceladus Bio, Inc.	2	$99,550
RTW Investments, LP	2	$135,000
Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.	2	$142,800
Kallyope Inc.	2	$85,000
Cambridge Pharma Consultancy, Inc.	2	$96,432
Barclays Capital Inc.	2	$185,000
Hemogenyx Pharmaceuticals LLC	2	$94,983
Nephrogen, Inc.	2	$78,000

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Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).