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Biochemists and Biophysicists: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 19-1021. 11,255 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $75,000, middle half $65,000–$98,000.

Applications (LCAs)11,255

Median offered salary$75,000

Middle half of salaries$65,000–$98,000

10th–90th percentile$57,300–$128,534

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	5,046	$68,604
Level II (qualified)	2,974	$86,320
Level III (experienced)	841	$125,882
Level IV (fully competent)	448	$146,120

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
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital	638	$72,529
University of California, San Francisco	615	$77,327
Duke University	320	$65,579
The Leland Stanford, Jr University	269	$78,000
University of California, San Diego	264	$75,300
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	262	$68,710
General Hospital Corporation	203	$62,236
Howard Hughes Medical Institute	180	$80,000
National Institutes of Health, HHS	175	$98,407
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	174	$72,798
University of Michigan	171	$62,166
Yale University	130	$69,700
Brigham and Women's Hospital	128	$66,228
Northwestern University	126	$66,725
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	123	$71,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	123	$70,000
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	120	$136,890
Johns Hopkins University	110	$66,300
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	104	$62,608
Baylor College of Medicine	90	$62,000
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	88	$56,673
Oregon Health & Science University	84	$73,051
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis	79	$61,692
The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital	77	$70,000
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	77	$115,357
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC	77	$114,700
Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope	73	$74,739
Amgen Inc.	72	$119,900
University of Maryland Baltimore	72	$70,000
The Scripps Research Institute	72	$70,304
Harvard University	72	$74,263
Pfizer Inc.	67	$96,900
UT Southwestern Medical Center	64	$65,000
University of Wisconsin System	63	$64,740
The Ohio State University	61	$61,290
Allen Institute	60	$90,900
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.	60	$107,099
University of Washington	59	$73,224
The Pennsylvania State University	58	$66,594
Weill Cornell Medical College	57	$74,000
The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology	57	$68,826
Emory University	54	$63,852
The University of Chicago	54	$65,260
Takeda Development Center Americas, Inc.	50	$125,000
The University of Southern California	50	$53,414
Indiana University Indianapolis	49	$65,904
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	48	$59,000
Eli Lilly and Company	47	$143,079
Michigan State University	45	$59,098
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	45	$77,976

Cities

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	2,909	$70,012
FY2024	3,030	$74,569
FY2025	3,087	$77,327
FY2026	2,229	$78,252

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).