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Natural Sciences Managers: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 11-9121. 2,928 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $124,758, middle half $80,000–$172,000.

Applications (LCAs)2,928

Median offered salary$124,758

Middle half of salaries$80,000–$172,000

10th–90th percentile$62,941–$225,014

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	809	$76,315
Level II (qualified)	809	$125,000
Level III (experienced)	411	$150,000
Level IV (fully competent)	390	$207,251

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
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	64	$94,682
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	54	$57,753
Amgen Inc.	47	$151,909
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	45	$183,194
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	41	$210,000
PPD Development, L.P.	37	$141,977
University of Michigan	37	$65,212
The University of Alabama at Birmingham	32	$66,204
University of Miami	30	$76,814
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	29	$80,184
The Jackson Laboratory	26	$83,542
Eli Lilly and Company	25	$201,358
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	23	$83,220
Washington University	23	$62,500
IQVIA RDS Inc.	22	$131,820
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	22	$91,738
AbbVie Inc.	19	$166,000
Weill Cornell Medical College	19	$82,375
The University of Chicago	18	$68,091
University of Utah	17	$77,771
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	17	$210,500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	17	$120,000
Duke University	17	$100,000
Regeneron Genetics Center, LLC	17	$230,000
Emory University	16	$81,562
Boston Medical Center Corporation	15	$61,587
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	15	$90,000
Columbia University	14	$86,795
Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund	14	$61,308
Pfizer Inc.	14	$145,475
General Hospital Corporation	13	$91,900
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	13	$143,815
Northwestern University	13	$68,182
Thomas Jefferson University	13	$92,983
Kite Pharma Inc.	13	$204,402
Children's National Medical Center	13	$58,698
University of California, Los Angeles	12	$81,444
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	12	$85,437
Applied Materials, Inc	12	$206,294
University of California, San Diego	11	$102,104
The Ohio State University	11	$64,532
Syneos Health US, Inc.	11	$210,000
Bayer Research and Development Services LLC	10	$143,640
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago	10	$72,571
Brigham and Women's Hospital	10	$93,350
BluePath Solutions, LLC	10	$138,694
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	10	$187,000
Genentech, Inc.	10	$204,426
Oregon Health & Science University	10	$91,386
World Wildlife Fund US	10	$123,600

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	771	$118,136
FY2024	716	$125,000
FY2025	846	$123,600
FY2026	595	$135,376

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).